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7.Human Health and Disease
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Person $^{\prime}A^{\prime}$ cannot step out of his house. He has to spend his entire life in sterile isolation otherwise, he would quickly contract a fatal infection. This person has almost no effective immune system. This disease is also called as baby in a bubble syndrome. Identify the disease, this person $^{\prime} A ^{\prime}$ is suffering from
A
Cystic fibrosis
B
Diabetes
C
$AlDS$
D
$SCID$
(AIIMS-2018)
Solution
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease $( SCID ),$ is a rare genetic disease that affects the immune system of the person. This disease can be treated by either bone-marrow transplant or by enzyme replacement therapy but neither of the two are completely curative. Thus, gene therapy have been attempted to cure it permanently.
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