PATHOLOGY MCQ
GENETICS AND DISEASE
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It helps to explain the possible causes of genetic diseases.
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It helps to determine the cost of treating genetic diseases.
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It helps to determine how nutrition cures genetic diseases.
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It helps to determine environmental effects on genetic diseases.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Which is a sound ethical reason for using the Human Genome Project to study genetic diseases? It helps to explain the possible causes of genetic diseases.
Detailed explanation-2: -PROTECT PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY. The misuse of genetic information represents a serious ethical problem. Most instances of misuse arise from violations of the confidentiality and privacy of genetic information.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some say that by doing that we are in a sense creating super humans that have few if any genetic defects. This raises ethical concerns because some religious groups feel that mankind would be taking the role of the supreme creator if gene therapy becomes a reality.
Detailed explanation-4: -Primary goals were to discover the complete set of human genes and make them accessible for further biological study, and determine the complete sequence of DNA bases in the human genome.