
Jesse Gelsinger
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 25 years ago |
Date of birth | June 18,1981 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Date of died | September 17,1999 |
Died | University Of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia | |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
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ID | 419379 |
Jesse Gelsinger Life story
Jesse Gelsinger was the first person publicly identified as having died in a clinical trial for gene therapy. Gelsinger suffered from ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, an X-linked genetic disease of the liver, the symptoms of which include an inability to metabolize ammonia – a byproduct of protein breakdown.