MCQ
In gene therapy, DNA is inserted into a cell to compensate for:
    • A
      Mutant alleles
    • B
      Absence of plasmids
    • C
      Lack of copy DNA
    • D
      None of the above

    Answer

    1. Mutant alleles

    Explanation:

    Gene therapy can be used to add the external DNA to the genome to replace a missing gene product, gene targeting to correct mutant alleles or to treat dominantly acting diseases via antisense RNA expression or the expression of intracellular antibodies. If the mutated gene makes a faulty protein or no protein, gene therapy introduces a normal copy of the gene, via a vector, to restore the function of the gene to produce a functional protein. 

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