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Question
Why do children cured by enzyme-replacement therapy adenosine deaminase deficiency need periodic treatment?
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Solution
Adenosine deaminase deficiency can be cured by enzyme replacement therapy, but the cure is not permanent even after infusion of genetically engineered lymphocytes into a patient as cells do not always remain alive.
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