PATHOLOGY MCQ
GENETICS AND DISEASE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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cross-breeding to create disease-resistance crops
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creating human insulin to treat people with diabetes
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analyzing karyotypes and pedigree charts
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growing a new plant from a cutting
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Detailed explanation-1: -Advantages of genetically engineered insulin: Not limited by the slaughter of animals. Large quantities can be made quickly. No risk of transferring infections.
Detailed explanation-2: -The idea behind gene editing is to reprogram your body’s DNA, and if you have type 1 diabetes, the idea is to get at the underlying cause of the autoimmune attack that destroyed your beta cells and caused T1D to begin with.
Detailed explanation-3: -Humulin is synthetic insulin that is prepared by the process of genetic engineering. It is also called genetically modified insulin. The effect of the humulin is the same as that of the insulin produced by the pancreas.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first genetically engineered, synthetic “human” insulin was produced in 1978 using E. coli bacteria to produce the insulin.