Which of the following treatments uses viruses to deliver non-mutated genes into an organism to potentially cure genetic diseases?
a. Gene therapy
b. Reverse genetics
c. Genetic diagnosis
d. Vaccine production
a. Gene therapy
Although it is still very experimental, gene therapy has the potential to cure genetic disease by using viruses and other vectors to deliver non-mutated genes into an organism.
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A baby born with wrinkled, poorly-formed skin and blood vessels prone to rupturing can be said to
have inherited a
a. lethal mutation. b. deleterious mutation. c. neutral mutation. d. advantageous mutation. e. partial mutation.
Aging may be attributed to
a. genetics. b. free radical damage. c. a decline in DNA repair mechanisms. d. changes in structural proteins. e. all of these.
The DNA sequence ATGCATGC will pair with which of the following DNA strands?
A. TACGTACG B. TACCTACC C. ATGCATGC D. TTGCATCC E. CGTACGTA