Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE Regarding Gene Therapy

question 37

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding gene therapy?

• A) Approaches with iPS cells avoid problems of immune system incompatibility, but are limited to diseases, like blood disorders, in which cells can be isolated, corrected, and reintroduced.
• B) The integration of a transgene into the genome of the target cell by a viral vector is not permanent, and therefore it will require repeated treatments.
• C) iPS cells that continue to express the Yamanaka factors are predisposed to become cancerous.
• D) Both somatic and germinal gene therapy have been successful in animal systems; but for ethical reasons, only somatic gene therapy has been attempted in humans.
• E) The insertion of a vector may cause a detrimental mutation.

Appreciate the role of personal and equipment safety in the healthcare setting.

Understand the principles of medication safety and the importance of proper medication administration.

Recognize the need for individualized patient care and assessing patients' psychosocial needs.

Understand the initial assessments and guidelines for providing mouth care to unconscious patients.

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or test without violating any constraint.

P-Value

It calculates the probability that the observed differences between groups in a study could have happened by chance, used in hypothesis testing.

Right Tailed

A term used in hypothesis testing to describe a test where the critical area, or the area of interest, is located in the right tail of the probability distribution.

Test-Statistic

A value computed from sample data as part of a statistical test, used to determine the significance of the observed data relative to a null hypothesis.