Social, Legal,ehyical And Ecological Issues Of Gene Therapy- GMOS

Question 1

Safety precautions currently used

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Answer 1

Bacterial strains L adapted to the human physiology, suicide genes and containment mechanisms

Question 2

Appropriately license and purpose-built labatories

Answer 2

They have very effective air filters including ‘negative-pressure’ atmospheric gradient that sucks air back into the lab

Question 3

Tightly controlled procedures for staff

Answer 3

This is an terms of access and cleaning

Question 4

Types of procedures

Answer 4

Special disinfectant procedures

Question 5

Using bacterial strains That are poorly adapted to survive outside controlled lab conditions

Answer 5

In particular they are purely equipped to survive in humans. These strands will typically have optimum temperature ranges very different to human body temperatures

Question 6

Suicide genes

Answer 6

Using strands that have suicide genes that are activated if conditions do not remain within specific pH or temperature limits

Question 7

What is there always the possibility of

Answer 7

That genetically engineered microorganisms could escape and survive beyond the confines of the lab