Multiple Choice
A variety of genetic defects can result in patients exhibiting SCID. For many of these diseases, infants with the disease are given bone marrow transplants from healthy donors to restore normal immune function. Yet, some diseases causing T cell deficiencies cannot be treated by bone marrow transplantation. Which of the diseases below is treatable by giving patients hematopoietic stem cells from a healthy donor?
A) XSCID
B) Di George syndrome
C) FOXN1 deficiency
D) MHC class II deficiency
E) MHC class I deficiency
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