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NEET UG BIOLOGY MCQ: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS
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Assertion (A): The first clinical gene therapy was given in 1990 to a 4-year old girl with adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency.
Reason (R): Bone marrow transplantation, enzyme replacement therapy are completely curative.
Reason (R): Bone marrow transplantation, enzyme replacement therapy are completely curative.
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Correct option: C
Assertion is true but reason is false
The correct answer is C (Assertion is true but reason is false) because the first clinical gene therapy was indeed for ADA deficiency, but bone marrow transplantation and enzyme replacement therapy are not completely curative.
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