Gene Therapy

It is the transfer of genetic material for the purpose of treating human disease.

• chemotherapy

• gene therapy

• gene transfer

• gene editing

A disease caused by mutation in the genetic material or DNA

• Cloning Disease

• Mutant disease

• Genetic disease

• All of the Above

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A/an "_____" gene is introduced into the patient to replace an "_____" disease causing gene.

• normal - abnormal

• good - bad

• abnormal - normal

• bad - good

Gene therapy is the attempt to

• fuse cells taken from different species.
• treat disease by changing a patient's DNA.
• determine a baby's sex before birth.
• provide genes to people who have none.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Process of adding or changing DNA to alter genes within an individual’s cells to treat disease. 

• stem cell research
• cloning
• gene therapy
• selective breeding

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 how can  one fix  a genetic disorder by gene therapy 

• You can take out or change a section on a chromosome 
• split the chromosomes 
• add enzymes 
• add buffer 

Vectors

• plasmid or virus that contains or carries modified genetic material

• They can be used to represent any quantity that has magnitude, has direction

• displacement

• velocity

True or False: In gene therapy, cells are removed from the body, incubated with the vector and gene-engineered cells returned the body.

• True

• False

The first reported case of gene therapy in 1999 by ________

• Jesse Gelsinger

• Albert Einstein

• Robert Hook

• Dr. Victoria Ashton