The results of the treatment of 11 boys with SCIDX1

showed that
a. SCID-X1 can be cured through genetic
engineering.
b. most of the treated boys were cured of the
disease.
c. a transplanted normal IL2RG gene can cure
SCID-X1.
d. our understanding of the human genome lags
behind our ability to modify it.
e. all of these are true.


Answer: e

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