We discussed two gene therapy treatments: one for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and one for Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA). Which one uses an ex-vivo approach? OLCA SCD Both of them Which of the following is not a component of Sanger sequencing? OddNTPs with fluorescent tags Primers Restriction enzymes O DNA template

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