A patient who has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease expresses hopelessness regarding the future. The nurse would consider which genetic technology when formulating a response?
1. Gene therapy
2. Real-time PCR
3. Stem cell therapy
4. Microarray analysis
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Rationale 1: Gene therapy is the correction of a genetic mutation by the introduction of DNA into a cell to improve the patient's health. Complications and ethical considerations have limited the use of gene therapy in clinical settings.
Rationale 2: Real-time PCR is an emerging technology that allows for the detection and quantification of a small fragment of replicating DNA during the amplification process and offers rapid and sensitive quantification of the gene of interest. Its current application is in research.
Rationale 3: Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the potential to divide without limit and to develop into specialized cells. Stem cell technology is promising in the treatment of such diseases as cancer and Parkinson's disease.
Rationale 4: Microarray analysis is primarily used in the research setting, specifically in the area of cancer prognosis and treatment stratification.
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