Gene Therapy
List 3 types of gene therapy.
What is somatic, Germline, and Utero gene therapy?
In which country is gene therapy practice illegal?
What is the United Kingdom?
This type of gene therapy is most controversial because it has the potential to determine “favorable traits” that could be passed onto future generations
What is germline gene therapy?
Genetically engineered to deliver genes into the cell; commonly in the form of a virus
What is a vector
In what year was the first gene therapy experiment reported?
What is 2000
The public is weary of crossing the fine line between prevention and __________ of genetic disorders
What is enhancement
List the two methods of delivery of a gene into the cell.
Direct injection, delivery by use of a virus, merging using a liposome or antibody-like protein
In September 2009, researchers from the University of Washington produced this trait in squirrels.
What is color vision
Give an example of a health risk that has occurred as a response to gene therapy
What is inflammation or toxicity
Give an example of the types of cells somatic and germline gene therapy target.
Somatic: bone marrow, blood
Germline: sperm, egg cells (reproductive)
The country that has conducted the most clinical trials for gene therapy
What is the United States
People against gene therapy are mostly afraid of creating ___
What is designer babies?
Daily Double: list at least two types of vectors utilized to deliver genes into the cell
What is adenovirus, retrovirus, lentiviral vectors
In 2003, two French children were diagnosed with this disease after receiving gene therapy injections with retroviruses
What is leukemia?
Based on the Harvard polls, the majority of the public believes that the changing of genes in germline therapy to prevent genetic disorders should be __________.
What is illegal