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In gene therapy, .......... can be treated by gene DNase.
In gene therapy, .......... can be treated by gene DNase.
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Solution
The correct option is C Cystic fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that affects the lungs. It is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by the excess secretion of thick and sticky mucus in the lungs.
- A mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene leads to cystic fibrosis.
- This disease can be treated by gene therapy using the enzyme DNase that is a DNA-breaking enzyme.
- This enzyme breaks the DNA strands of the mucus generating cells thereby reducing muscus viscosity in the lungs of such patients.
- Hence this process of gene therapy decreases the mucus generation in the lungs.
Thus the correct answer is option D.
- Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that affects the lungs. It is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by the excess secretion of thick and sticky mucus in the lungs.
- A mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene leads to cystic fibrosis.
- This disease can be treated by gene therapy using the enzyme DNase that is a DNA-breaking enzyme.
- This enzyme breaks the DNA strands of the mucus generating cells thereby reducing muscus viscosity in the lungs of such patients.
- Hence this process of gene therapy decreases the mucus generation in the lungs.
Thus the correct answer is option D.
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