Gene therapy can best be described as ____
A. the elimination of a defect (mutation) in a gene
B. the insertion of normal genes to act in place of mutant genes
C. the insertion of human genes into other organisms
D. the cloning of genes to produce and purify therapeutically useful proteins
E. the mapping of all human genetic information
B
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a. when the mother is over thirty-five years old b. when the father is over thirty-five years old c. when the father is over fifty years old d. for dizygotic twins e. for monozygotic twins
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