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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Biotechnology and its Applications

Question:

Read the paragraph given below and answer the question.

If a person is born with a hereditary disease, can a corrective therapy be taken for such a disease? Gene therapy is an attempt to do this. Gene therapy is a collection of methods that allows correction of a gene defect that has been diagnosed in a child/embryo. Here genes are inserted into a person's cells and tissues to treat disease.

Gene therapy method involves:

Options:

Cloning of cells with alternative gene

Delivery of normal functional gene in the embryo to compensate for non functional gene

Modification of defective genes in the cells

cDNA recombination

Correct Answer:

Delivery of normal functional gene in the embryo to compensate for non functional gene

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Delivery of normal functional gene in the embryo to compensate for non functional gene