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Gene therapy, an Uncommon card
Gene therapy is medical technology that aims to produce a therapeutic effect through the manipulation of gene expression or through altering the biological properties of living cells.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 94
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 72,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Gene therapy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gene therapy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
The first therapeutic use of gene transfer as well as the first direct insertion of human DNA into the nuclear genome was performed by French Anderson in a trial starting in September ____.
Answer
1990s. The first therapeutic use of gene transfer as well as the first direct insertion of human DNA into the nuclear genome was performed by French Anderson in a trial starting in September 1990. From the Gene therapy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gene therapy. Gene therapy 94 · Gas-turbine engine 87 · Heart rate 83 · Philip Johnson 80 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The first attempt at modifying human DNA was performed in 1980, by Martin Cline, but the first successful nuclear gene transfer in humans, approved by the National Institutes of Health, was performed in May 1989.
- The first therapeutic use of gene transfer as well as the first direct insertion of human DNA into the nuclear genome was performed by French Anderson in a trial starting in September 1990.
- Between 1989 and December 2018, over 2,900 clinical trials were conducted, with more than half of them in phase I. In 2003, Gendicine became the first gene therapy to receive regulatory approval.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gene therapy article was read about 72,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 94 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gene therapy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ciencias Españolas KoS, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
