Gene Therapy History
In the 80s, advances in molecular biology have allowed the human genes were cloned and sequenced. Scientists looked for a method to facilitate the production of proteins - such as insulin - viewed introducing human genes into the DNA of bacteria. Bacteria, genetically modified, then began to produce the corresponding protein, which could be collected and injected into people who could not produce naturally. After, on September 14 of 1990, researchers at the National Institutes of Health in the United States, conducted the first gene therapy approved in Ashanti DeSilva, 4 years old, who was born with a rare genetic disease called Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), she did not have a healthy …show more content…
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