NEETZoologyBiotechnology and Its Applications
How is adenosine deaminase deficiency treated in some children?
Options
- ABy bone marrow transplantation
- BBy enzyme replacement therapy
- CBy introducing drugs in a person's body
- DBy increasing the immunity of a person
Correct answer
B. By enzyme replacement therapy
Step-by-step solution
If a person is born with a hereditary disease, can a corrective therapy be taken for such a disease? Gene therapy is an attempt to do this. Gene therapy is a collection of methods that allows correction of a gene defect that has been diagnosed in a child/embryo. Here genes are inserted into a person’s cells and tissues to treat a disease. Correction of a genetic defect involves delivery of a normal gene into the individual or embryo to take over the function of and compensate for the non-functional gene.The first c