Baby genomes
The procedure
Genetic diseases
Baby's DNA
Gene mutations
100
A baby has how many genomes?
What is two, one from their mother and one from their father.
100
What is the procedure called that scientists use to cure genetic mutations?
What is gene therapy
100
How do people get genetic diseases?
What is inherited
100
How much percent of a baby's DNA is its own?
What is 10 percent
100
Mothers can pass mitochondrial and can lead to what?
What is mutations
200
When does fetal DNA appear in the mothers plasma?
What is a few weeks after conception
200
What are some genetic diseases called?
What is Mendelian disorders
200
How much of a baby's DNA comes from its mother?
What is 90 percent
200
One woman out of every 5,000 to 10,000 women carry what?
What is mitochondrial DNA
300
Gene therapy is an experimental technique that uses genes to treat or prevent what?
What is diseases
300
What are genetic diseases caused by?
What is by mutations that occur in the DNA sequence of a single gene
400
How old do women have to be to have the option of taking out their ovaries?
What is the age of 35
400
Gene therapy is only being tested on what?
What is diseases that have no cures
400
Many human diseases have a genetic what?
What is component
500
The procedure can lead to what?
What is blindness or other medical problems
500
Recently, what new approaches have been found for gene therapy such as?
What is by editing genes
500
What is a genetic disease?
What is an abnormality in a human genomes
500
How many types of mutations are there?
What is six
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