adenosine deaminase deficiency

noun

1. a severe immune system disorder caused by a genetic inability to produce adenosine deaminase.

Example Sentences

The treatment, which Orchard designated OTL-101, addresses severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency, or ADA-SCID.

From Los Angeles Times

The disease at issue is severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency, or ADA-SCID.

From Los Angeles Times

As of last year, according to Scientific American, the FDA had approved nine gene therapies, which for the most part target rare physiological disorders, such as adenosine deaminase deficiency and lipoprotein lipase deficiency.

From Scientific American

Gene therapy for immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency.

From Nature

Prof Bobby Gaspar, from Great Ormond Street Hospital in London is working on a Medical Research Council trial using gene therapy as a treatment for adenosine deaminase deficiency - which also leads to immune problems.

From BBC