The results of the treatment of 20 boys with SCID-X1 showed that ____

a. SCID-X1 can be cured through genetic engineering
b. none of those treated were cured of the disease
c. a bone marrow transplant can cure SCID-X1
d. our understanding of the human genome exceeds our ability to modify it
e. the “treatment” caused numerous unforeseen complications.


ANSWER: a

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