When and on whom was the first clinical gene therapy experiment performed?

  • A
    $1880$,a four-year-old girl
  • B
    $1990$,a four-year-old boy
  • C
    $1880$,a four-year-old boy
  • D
    $1990$,a four-year-old girl

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