Advantage of Gene Therapy over Drugs

Q. You have studied pharmacogenomics and work in a hospital where a highly potent yet experimental drug is being tested on cancer patients. After a few weeks, only a few patients seem to have their tumors shrunken in size. What would be your next course of action?

1. Try a higher dosage of drug
2. Try a different drug altogether
3. Understand the genetic disposition of the patients who had positive result
4. Help create a new drug that works with varying genetic disposition

Q. A patient's genetic information can help in making effective drugs for combating diseases.

1. False
2. True

Q. Polymorphisms may influence the probability of an individual developing a disease due to minute differences in:

1. gene sequences
2. cell structure
3. protein folding
4. DNA replication

Q. To study the genetic basis of lung cancer, one can compare the _______________ of healthy patients and lung cancer patients.

1. Genes
2. Cells
3. Proteins
4. Lungs

Q. A patient's genetic action helps in making over the counter drugs very effective in combating disease.

1. True
2. False

Q. To study the genetic basis of lung cancer, one can compare the _______________ of healthy patients and lung cancer patients.

1. Genes
2. Cells
3. Proteins
4. Lungs

Q. Polymorphisms may influence the probability of an individual developing a disease due to minute differences in:

1. gene sequences
2. cell structure
3. protein folding
4. DNA replication