Syringe
date: label: date used
content: 1990-09
label: associated date
content: 1990-09-14
name: label: patient
content: DeSilva, Ashanthi Vinod
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: In September 1990, four-year-old Ashanti DeSilva became the first patient to participate in the National Institutes of Health’s first human gene therapy trial. Doctors used this syringe in her treatment. To learn more, see object 1999.0008.01, the blood cell separator.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Source:
label: Description (Brief)
content: Accession File
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Biotechnology and Genetics
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Kenneth Wayne Culver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0445.06.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0445.06.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0445
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syringe
label: Object Name
content: gene therapy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 16.4 cm x 4 cm x 2.5 cm; 6 15/32 in x 1 9/16 in x 31/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 6 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 16.51 cm x 3.81 cm