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ETHC 210 Exam 7 - Questions and Answers ETHC 210 – EXAM 7 (75 OUT OF 75) • Question 1 3 out of 3 points In 2013 what genetics testing company came under scrutiny for allegedly incorporatin ... g eugenic ideals by promoting the idea of prescreening their egg and sperm donor DNA for genetic defects so customers could avoid those samples? Selected Answer: 23 and Me • Question 2 3 out of 3 points EPO is a hormone which naturally increases the number of red blood cells in the blood. Selected Answer: True • Question 3 3 out of 3 points Microarray’s are used by DNA sequencing companies like 23 and Me to provide the customer with information about a predetermined set of genes or DNA sequences which they may possess because they bind to corresponding genes on the microarray. Selected Answer: True • Question 4 3 out of 3 points Many of the early set-backs and deaths in the use of gene therapy involved; Selected Answer: An overwhelming immune response to the viral vectors • Question 5 3 out of 3 points To prepare genes which will be inserted into a patient for gene therapy which of the following steps must be done using current technology? Selected Answers: The “new” or “healthy” gene must be amplified in number using PCR (polymerase chain reaction) The new gene must be placed into a vector, a piece of DNA which will carry the new gene. The vector DNA is often cut with restriction enzymes which are appropriately called molecular scissors ...........continued [Show More]

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