Fill in the Blanks with Single Words

question 10

Essay

Fill in the blanks with single words.
In some diseases the problem is the loss of some function and a type of ____1_____ therapy is used to supplement the resulting deficiency. It may be a deficiency in some normal aspect of the ____2_____, such as deafness, a deficiency of organs or ____3____ , or a deficiency of molecules (which might be at the level of ____4_____ , ____5_____ , or downstream factors). Sometimes, however, disease is not due to a deficiency; instead, the problem is that there is some positively _____6_____ effect produced at some level (at the level of the phenotype, ____3_____ or ____4______ ), that cannot be supplemented. Here treatment is possible by seeking to eliminate, correct or ____ 7_____ the agent causing the positively _____6_____ effect. The treatment might seek to kill dangerous _____3____ , for example, or to ____7_____ a _____6_____ _____4_____ or a _____7_____ _____6_____. In the latter case, the treatment might often be to use some kind of _____8_____ , such as a conventional ____9_____ molecule ____8_____ that usually works by binding to a cleft in the _____6_____ _____5_____ and thereby ____7____ its ____6____ effect. A third class of disease treatment seeks to use a ____8____ in order to alter a person's ______10_______ to the disease, or to alter exposure to some _____11_____ factor.

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Definitions:

Henry Cabot Lodge

An American Republican Senator known for his opposition to the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations after World War I.

US Ambassador

An official representative of the President of the United States accredited to a foreign government or international organization.

Saigon

Formerly the capital of South Vietnam, now known as Ho Chi Minh City, it was a focal point during the Vietnam War.

Communist

Pertaining to a political and economic ideology aiming for a classless society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.