In 1990, the first successful gene therapy was used to treat:

A) the common cold
B) pneumonia
C) cancer
D) an immune system defect in children


D) an immune system defect in children
The first successful gene therapy treated an immune system defect in children. Although the common cold, pneumonia, and cancer are all under constant study for improved medications, gene therapy did not succeed with any of them initially.

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