Gene
Gene Therapy
Vectors
Cures
Extra
100
what is a gene?
part of DNA
100
What year did gene therapy basically begin?
1980
100
which virus (out of the four) is made up of RNA?
retrovirus
100
how does the immune system react when foreign objects are introduced into the tissue?
they attack it
100
what are the problems with viral vectors?
may cause death(?)
200
what do genes determine? (2 answers)
obvious traits and subtle characteristics
200
What is gene therapy?
technique used for correcting defective genes
200
Which virus occurs naturally in humans? In the chromosome 19
Adeno-Associated Virus
200
what can gene therapy do for guniea pigs?
cure deafness
200
what is a human being?
a complex unity
300
what do genes help create?
proteins
300
who died in 1999 after the use of gene therapy?
Jesse Gelsinger
300
which virus has DNA that is not copied to other cells during mitosis?
Adenoviruses
300
who did they cure at the worlds first gene therapy for blindness?
dogs
300
what prevents gene therapy from achieving long term benifits?
the cells
400
what is the carrier molecules real name?
vector
400
When was the exact date (month and year) that the first gene therapy was performed?
september 1990
400
which virus is doubled stranded DNA?
herpes simplex viruses
400
how is deafness cured in guinea pigs?
triggers hair growth or hair cells which gives them 80% of their hearing back
400
what is the Food and Drug Association (FDA) saying about gene therapy?
that gene therapy can not yet be sold
500
when a gene is mutated what changes?
the codons, then the amino acids, then the proteins
500
What did Ahanti DeSilva have?
SCID
500

what is your DNA's secret weapon?

CAS9

500
what are the most common disorders that are caused by the combining effect of variations in many genes?
heart diesease, arthritis, and diabeties
500

Have we already modified human genes?

yes

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