Which of the following was successfully used to treat a patient with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)?
A) Vaccines
B) Gene therapy
C) Bt toxins
D) Growth hormones
E) Insulin
B
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A. autocrine signaling B. paracrine signaling C. contact-dependent signaling D. endocrine signaling E. direct intercellular signaling
A genetic disorder that involves impaired
blood clotting is
a. leukemia. b. sickle cell anemia. c. hemophilia. d. atherosclerosis. e. hypertension
If you were designing a new insecticide absorbed via the respiratory system in arthropods, the killing chemical would enter the invertebrate through the
A. epidermis. B. tracheae. C. alveoli. D. bronchioles. E. gills.
A thin layer of protein, within epithelial tissue, that anchors the epithelium to the extracellular matrix is the
A. basement membrane. B. compact bone. C. hyaline cartilage. D. plasma membrane. E. neuroglia.