Gene therapy can best be described as the ____
a. repair of a defect (mutation) in a gene
b. insertion of normal genes to act in place of mutant genes
c. insertion of human genes into other organisms
d. cloning of genes to produce and purify therapeutically useful proteins
e. mapping of all human genetic information
ANSWER: b
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