Which kind of therapy was given in 1990 to a four-year-old girl with Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) deficiency?
1. | Gene therapy | 2. | Chemotherapy |
3. | Immunotherapy | 4. | Radiation therapy |
The ADA deficiency is because of
(1) Substitution
(2) Inversion
(3) Deletion
(4) Insertion
A permanent cure for ADA deficiency could be:
1. | Enzyme replacement therapy |
2. | Bone marrow transplant |
3. | Introduction of a functional ADA cDNA into lymphocytes |
4. | Introduction of gene isolated from marrow cells producing ADA into early embryonic cells |
Find the incorrect statement.
1. Gene therapy is a genetic engineering technique
used to treat disease at molecular level by
replacing defective genes with normal genes
2. Calcitonin is a medically useful recombinant
product in the treatment of infertility
3. Bt toxin is biodegradable insecticide obtained
from Bacillus thuringiensis
4. Trichoderma sp. is a biocontrol agent for fungal
diseases of plants
The first step of gene therapy would be
1. | Culture of the lymphocytes from patient's blood |
2. | Using vector for transmitting gene |
3. | cDNA was prepared |
4. | cDNA was inserted directly into the cells |
Gene therapy is not
1. | An attempt to correct a gene defect |
2. | By which genes are inserted into an individual or embryo to take over the function of and compensate the non-functional gene. |
3. | Genes are inserted into a person's cells and tissues to treat a disease |
4. | Correction of environmental defect by inserting a gene |
The last step of gene therapy would be
1. | The corrected lymphocytes are returned to the patients |
2. | Culture of lymphocytes of the patient |
3. | Introduction of correct gene in cultured cells |
4. | Removal of corrected lymphocytes from culture |
Which of the following therapies for ADA deficiency are not completely curative?
1. | Bone Marrow Transplantation |
2. | Enzyme replacement Therapy |
3. | Both A and B |
4. | Both are completely curative |
The permanent cure of gene therapy can be
1. | Cells isolated from bone marrow in an adult were cultured and transformed with corrected gene |
2. | Cells isolated from thymus in an adult were cultured and transformed with corrected gene |
3. | Cells isolated from bone marrow in an embryo were cultured and transformed with corrected gene |
4. | Genes isolated from bone marrow were introduced into the cells at early embryonic stage |
All of the following statements are correct in respect of gene therapy, except
1. | It allows correction of genetic defect in embryonic stage only |
2. | The gene is inserted into cells and tissues to treat a disease |
3. | Delivery of a normal gene into cell takes over the function of and compensate for the non-functional gene |
4. | As a step towards gene therapy to treat ADA deficiency, ADAcDNA is introduced into cultured lymphocytes of the patient and subsequently returned to him/her. |