Explain the role of the human genome project and modern medicine in helping to find a cure for cystic fibrosis

What will be an ideal response?


The best responses should include that the gene for cystic fibrosis (CFTR) was mapped in 1985 Modern medicine working with the genome project will hopefully devise gene therapy techniques that will introduce the normal allele into the person or find a cure by "working" with the protein involved.

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Paralogs always have the same function

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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True vegetables are not derived from

a. fruits. b. leaves. c. roots. d. stems

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f you see a plant with a 4-petal flower and branched leaves, you can deduce that this plant is a type of ________.

A. angiosperm monocot B. gymnosperm monocot C. angiosperm dicot D. gymnosperm dicot

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The ___ delivers oxygen-rich blood to the left

atrium.

a. vena cavae b. pulmonary artery c. pulmonary vein d. aorta e. right atrium

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