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Question
Why do children cured by enzyme-replacement therapy adenosine deaminase deficiency need periodic treatment?
Solution
Adenosine deaminase deficiency can be cured by enzyme replacement therapy, but the cure is not permanent even after infusion of genetically engineered lymphocytes into a patient as cells do not always remain alive.
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