Gene Therapy and The Human Genome Project Practice

This mapped the sequence of nucleotides in human DNA.

• The Human Nucleotide Project

• The Human DNA Project

• The Human Genome Project

• The Human Gene Project

The Human Genome Project can be used to

• make new genes

• find the location of faulty genes so that they can be replaced with working genes

• clone animals

• make insulin

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Gene therapy is used to

• make genes in people who don't have enough genes.

• insert healthy genes into people who's genes do not produce the correct proteins.

• remove faulty genes

• create new improved genes.

A process that produces offspring that are identical to the parent.

• human genome project

• PCR

• gene therapy

• cloning

A scientist only has a small sample of DNA and needs a large amount of this sample to analyze. What procedure should she use to copy the DNA sample quickly?

• gel electrophoresis

• bacterial transformation

• PCR

• gene therapy

Human insulin can be produced in a bacteria cell. The process is called bacterial transformation. What part of the bacteria is the human insulin gene combined with?

• The bacterial cell wall.

• The bacterial plasmid.

• The bacterial chromosome.

• The bacterial plasma membrane

When two pieces of DNA are joined together, the new DNA is

• recombinant DNA

• PCR DNA

• retracted DNA

• reused DNA

A human insulin gene can be combined with bacterial DNA and so that the bacteria can produce human insulin. The bacteria with the working human insulin gene is

• a clone.

• a transgenic organism.

• a copy

• a human genome

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Inserting normal genes into cells with mutant genes, result in treatment or cures for some genetic disorders

• gene therapy
• genetic trait
• nondisjunction 
• animal cells

To cut DNA exactly where needed, scientists use - 

• Recombinant DNA
• Genetic engineering
• Restriction enzymes
• DNA extraction