Type 1 Diabetes Results from a Loss of Insulin Production

question 64

Multiple Choice

Type 1 diabetes results from a loss of insulin production from the pancreas.People with diabetes take recombinant human insulin expressed in bacteria.How would you cure the disease instead of treating it?

• A) Making the insulin gene in a genetically modified organism would allow for a cure.
• B) Replacing the defective insulin gene in a patient through gene therapy would allow for a cure.
• C) Making the insulin gene in hamster cells would allow for a cure.
• D) There is no way to alter the genetic information to cure a disease caused by a nonfunctional gene.
• E) Gene therapy would replace the gene in a cell culture or in a genetically modified organism,but it will not cure the disease.

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