BIOTECHNOLOGY

Question 0

Gene ________ is the insertion of a functional gene into patients who suffer from a particular genetic disease because they have a mutation in that gene

Answer 0

Therapy

Question 1

_____ technology enables us to move material from one species to another

Answer 1

Gene

Question 2

The two type of gene therapy are what

Answer 2

Germ line gene therapy

Somatic gene therapy

Question 3

_________ gene therapy is the insertion if recombinant genes into germ cells (ova or sperm) - the transgene would be ________

Answer 3

Germ line

Heritable

Question 4

_______ gene therapy is the correction of genetic defects in ________ cells - the transgene is limited to the individual and is not hereitable take to the progeny

Answer 4

Somatic

Somatic

Question 5

Is it legal asunder Australian law to perform germ line gene therapy on humans

Answer 5

No it’s illegal

Question 6

Is it illegal under Australian law to perform somatic cell gene therapy on humans

Answer 6

No it’s legal to do so

Question 7

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a ________ x-linked disorder

Answer 7

Recessive

Question 8

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a disorder caused by a mutation in the ______ gene, located in humans in the short (p) arm if the X chromosome at position 21.2

Answer 8

dystrophin

Short

Question 9

Dystrophin provides structural stability to the d__________ complex located on the cell membrane

Answer 9

Dystroglycan complex

Question 10

The _________ complex connects the ________ of a muscle fibre to the surrounding extracellular matrix through the cell membrane

Answer 10

Dystroglycan
cytoskeleton
Matrix

Question 11

____- associated viruses are being trailed for use in gene therapy for DMD

Answer 11

Adeno

Question 12

AAV can insert the gene at a specific. Site and is _____

Answer 12

non-pathogenic