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What is introduced into lymphocytes to cure ADA?(a) DNA(b) RNA(c) ADA cDNA(d) LipidThis question was posed to me in unit test.This is a very interesting question from Biotechnological Applications in Medicine: Gene Therapy topic in portion Biotechnology and its Applications of Biology – Class 12

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Right answer is (c) ADA CDNA

For explanation: To cure ADA through GENE therapy, ADA cDNA was introduced into lymphocytes. cDNA is made from a single-stranded RNA TEMPLATE with the help of enzyme REVERSE transcriptase. This helps in the introduction of the new genes within an organism without causing TOXICITY in cells.



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