Tyrone has Gaucher disease. He receives recombinant glucocerebrosidase every other week in an infusion to prevent the symptoms. This treatment is an example of
A) gene therapy.
B) gene transfer.
C) enzyme replacement therapy.
D) pharmacological chaperone therapy.
E)
substrate reduction therapy.
C) enzyme replacement therapy.
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a. It prevents adaptation in a changing environment. b. It eliminates the possibility of harmful traits being passed on. c. It passes on half of a parent’s genome. d. It reduces genetic variation, which may be useful in the future. e. It yields offspring with novel combinations of traits.
Which of the following is not a chief effect of progesterone?
A. reduced uterine motility B. low blood pressure C. increased uterine blood flow D. reduced maternal immune response to fetus E. relaxation of smooth muscle
Deltavirus (hepatitis D virus) requires co-infection with ________ to produce infectious virions
A) hepatitis A virus B) hepatitis B virus C) hepatitis C virus D) arenaviruses E) hepatitis E virus
The process of stabilizing the structure of an enzyme in its active form by the binding of a molecule is an example of __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).