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sep 17, 1999 - Death of Jesse Gelsinger

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Jesse Gelsinger died 4 days fter being given an infusion of a corrective ornithine transcarbamoylase (OTC) gene therpay treatment after he experienced a severe immune reaction to the treatment (Sibbald 2001). His death caused the FDA to suspend the trial and create new protections for gene therapy treatment.

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Date:

sep 17, 1999
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~ 25 years ago