Golden rice is:

1.  A variety of rice grown along the yellow river in China
2.  Long stored rice having yellow colour tint
3.  A transgenic rice having a gene for β - carotene
4.  Wild variety of rice with yellow coloured grains

Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
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The first clinical gene therapy was done for the treatment of:

1.  AIDS
2.  Cancer
3.  Cystic fibrosis
4.  SCID (Severe Combined Immuno Deficiency) resulting from deficiency of ADA

Subtopic:  Gene Therapy |
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Why does Bt toxin not kill Bacillus thuringiensis?

1.  The bacillus keeps proteins in inclusions
2.  The toxin exists in the bacillus as a pro-toxin 
3.  The bacillus protects its genetic material by methylation
4.  The bacillus has a tough cell wall of peptidoglycan
Subtopic:  Bt Crops |
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Cotton plants can be protected from corn borer by the proteins coded by:

1.cryIAc2.cryIIAb
3.cryIAb 4.cryIAd

Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
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How were nematode-specific genes introduced in tobacco plants?

1. Using page DNA 2. Using a retrovirus
3. By gene gun 4. Using Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Subtopic:  Other GM Crops |
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The first recombinant therapeutic product approved for human use was:

1.Humulin 2.hGH
3.Factor VIII clotting factor4.Erythropoietin

Subtopic:  Gene Therapy | Molecular Diagnosis |
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ELISA is based on the principle of:
1. Antibody opsonization
2. Antigen-antibody interaction
3. Radioactive immune assay
4. Creation of recombinant DNA

Subtopic:  Molecular Diagnosis |
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Recombinant therapeutic [used for treatment] products are available for all the following disorders except:

1.Hemophilia A2.Pituitary dwarfism
3.Diabetes insipidus4.Anemia due to renal failure

Subtopic:  Med Applications & Humulin |
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Electroporation is:

1.  the process of separating charged molecules through a gel maintained in an electric field
2.  the process of combining foreign DNA to an electrically charged vector molecule
3.  the process of introducing DNA into cells by the application of high-voltage pulses
4.  the process of protoplast fusion by the application of high-voltage pulses

Subtopic:  Gene Therapy |
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A direct target for gene therapy would include all the following cells except:

1.erythrocytes2.muscle fibers
3.hepatocytes4.vascular endothelium

Subtopic:  Gene Therapy |
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