Genetically Engineered Medicine.

Question 1

What is genetically modified medicine (GEM)

Answer 1

A GEM is a medicine made using genetic engineering. Scientists change the DNA of bacteria, yeast, or plants to make important drugs like insulin for diabetes or growth hormone. This makes medicine cheaper, safer, and easier to produce.

Question 2

What does the term ‘genetically engineered’ mean?

A) To clone cells
B) To modify, change, and alter cells
C) To treat diseases with surgery
D) To create new diseases

Answer 2

B) To modify, change, and alter cells

Question 3

2. What is one of the problems that can be caused by unbalanced insulin levels?

A) High blood pressure
B) Type 1 and type 2 diabetes
C) Liver failure
D) Muscle spasms

Answer 3

B) Type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Question 4

What is gene therapy, and how is it related to GEMs?

Answer 4

Gene therapy is a type of genetic engineering that modifies a patient’s own DNA to treat diseases instead of just providing medicine.

Question 5

What is recombinant DNA, and why is it important in GEMs?

Answer 5

you take a gene from one organism and put it into another , that is rDNA.

Question 6

What is gene therapy, and how does it differ from GEMs?

Answer 6

Gene therapy modifies a person’s own DNA to fix genetic diseases . GEMs are medicines produced by genetically engineered bacteria or yeast.