One successful form of gene therapy has involved delivery of an allele for the enzyme adenosine deaminase (ADD) to bone marrow cells of a child with SCID, and delivery of these engineered cells back to the bone marrow of the affected child. What is one major reason for the success of this procedure as opposed to many other efforts at gene therapy?

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One successful form of gene therapy has involved delivery of an allele for the enzyme adenosine deaminase (ADD) to bone marrow cells of a child with SCID, and delivery of these engineered cells back to the bone marrow of the affected child. What is one major reason for the success of this procedure as opposed to many other efforts at gene therapy?






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