In 1990,a young girl was treated for severe combined immunodeficiency disorder.Her treatment involved

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The treatment for severe combined immunodeficiency disorder in 1990 involved the insertion of the adenosine deaminase gene into white blood cells, which were then removed from the patient's body, modified outside the body, and returned to the patient to produce functional immune cells. This technique is known as gene therapy and was pioneered by Dr. W. French Anderson in the early 1990s. None of the other options listed were used in this treatment.

In 1990,a Young Girl Was Treated for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency