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BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Input genes into a patient to grow taller or run faster.
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Allow patients to choose what traits their babies will show when born.
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Doctors can predict if patients will develop a genetic disease.
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Doctors can give a patient new genes to pass on to their children.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gene therapy replaces a faulty gene or adds a new gene in an attempt to cure disease or improve your body’s ability to fight disease. Gene therapy holds promise for treating a wide range of diseases, such as cancer, cystic fibrosis, heart disease, diabetes, hemophilia and AIDS.
Detailed explanation-2: -One way that genetic engineering is already being used to treat disease in humans. Scientist inject a corrected gene into a person suffering from a disease. If the gene is taken up by the diseased body cell, the proper protein can be produced, reversing the disease.
Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Plasmid. The plasmid is an extrachromosomal genetic element used in genetic engineering that occurs in many bacterial strains. Plasmids are circular deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules that replicate independently of the bacterial chromosome.
Detailed explanation-4: -Genetic engineering and Chemical engineering are the two main techniques that gave birth to modern biotechnology. > Genetic Engineering:-Genetic engineering is the technique, where the genes (segment of DNA) and the nucleic acids are transferred from one cell to another, to alter the phenotype of the host cell.