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India’s first indigenous gene therapy, CAR-T cell therapy<\/strong>, was launched on April 4, 2024, at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/span>Which disease was first successfully cured by gene therapy?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n
The first disease successfully treated with it was severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/span>Who founded gene therapy?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n
The concept of gene therapy was first proposed by scientists W. French Anderson, Michael Blaese, and Kenneth Culver in the 1980s. W. French Anderson is often regarded as the “father of gene therapy” for leading the first approved human gene therapy trial in 1990, which treated a four-year-old girl with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/span>What was the first gene therapy drug?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n
The first approved gene therapy drug was Gendicine<\/strong>, developed by Shenzhen SiBiono GenTech. It was approved in 2003<\/strong> by China\u2019s regulatory authorities to treat head and neck squamous cell carcinoma<\/strong>. Gendicine uses an adenovirus to deliver the p53 tumor suppressor gene<\/strong> into cancer cells, helping to inhibit their growth.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/span>What is gene therapy according to NCERT?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n
According to NCERT, gene therapy is a treatment that involves inserting genes into a person’s cells and tissues to treat diseases, especially hereditary diseases.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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