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प्रश्न
What is gene therapy? Name the first clinical case in which it was used.
उत्तर
Gene therapy is a medical technique, used to deal with genetic or congenital diseases. This therapy aims at correction of a genetic defect by delivery of a normal gene to an individual to take over or compensate the function of a non-functional gene.
Gene therapy was first used to treat a four-year old girl suffering from ADA (Adenosine deaminase) deficiency.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Expand the Given and mention one application of each:
ELISA
Explain how insulin can be produced using recombinant DNA technology.
Describe the steps that are followed during secondary treatment of sewage.
PCR proceeds in three distinct steps governed by temperature, they are in order of ____________.
Human insulin is being commercially produced forma transgenic species of ______.
Which of the following is not an application of PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)?
With regard to insulin choose the correct options.
- C-peptide is not present in mature insulin.
- The insulin produced by rDNA technology has C-peptide.
- The pro-insulin has C-peptide.
- A-peptide and B-peptide of insulin are interconnected by disulphide bridges.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
The Adenosine deaminase deficiency results in ______.
Who was the first patient who was given gene therapy? Why was the given treatment recurrent in nature?
The diagram given below represents the schematic structure of proinsulin, which undergoes certain modifications before it becomes a fully functional insulin.
Study the diagram carefully and answer the questions that follow:
- State the change the proinsulin undergoes to become fully functional.
- Name the modern scientific technique used for the production of human insulin.
- How are the two polypeptide chains of the fully functional insulin held together?
