Genetic Therapy

Question 1

Selective Breeding

Answer 1

Breed plants & animals with desirable traits

Question 2

What are genes?

Answer 2

Carried on chromosomes; basic functional and physical units of heredity.
Specific sequences of bases on how to make proteins - which make up majority of cellular structures

Question 3

What are genes?

Answer 3

Carried on chromosomes; basic functional and physical units of heredity.
Specific sequences of bases on how to make proteins - which make up majority of cellular structures

Question 4

Define Gene therapy

Answer 4

Technique to correct defective genes responsible for diseases

Question 5

Define Gene therapy

Answer 5

Technique to correct defective genes responsible for diseases

Question 6

What are the approaches for correcting faulty genes? (NAAR)

Answer 6

1) Normal gene inserted into nonspecific location in genome to replace nonfunctional gene
2) Abnormal Gene: swapped through homologous recombination
3) Abnormal Gene: Repaired through selective reverse mutation
4) Regulation of a gene could be altered
5) Target cells such as infected liver/lung & vector unloads genmat into target cell
6) functional protein from therapeutic gene restores target cells to normal state

Question 7

Process of gene therapy