Screening For Genetic Disorders

Question 1

Embryos can be Screened Before they’re Implanted in the Mother During In Vitro Fertilisation (_____) Treatment.

Answer 1

IVF.

Question 2

To Screen An Embryo or Foetus, you Need to Harvest Some Cells From the Developing ______________.

Answer 2

Individual.

Question 3

Once Cells have been Collected From an ___________ or Foetus they Need to be Screened.

Answer 3

Embryo.

Question 4

DNA is Isolated From the Embryo Cells and __________ for Specific Disorders.

Answer 4

Tested.

Question 5

The Processes Used to Collect Cells From a Developing Foetus Increase the Risk of _____________.

Answer 5

Miscarriage.

Question 6

Economic Considerations of Embryonic Screening?

Answer 6

• It’s Expensive.

- People are More at Risk of Having Children with Genetic Disorders.

Question 7

In Future, Using Genetic Engineering Techniques, Doctors and Scientists May Be Able to _________ Damaged Genes so that the Child is Born Unaffected by the Original Inherited ____________.

Answer 7

Repair…Disorder…