What Is the General Procedure for Carrying Out Somatic Gene

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Multiple Choice

What is the general procedure for carrying out somatic gene therapy?

• A) The dysfunctional genes are excised from the egg and sperm cells of the parents and replaced with correctly functioning versions such that any resulting embryos are healthy.
• B) A properly functioning version of the dysfunctional gene causing a disorder is injected into a virus and the virus then infects the cells of the patient, thus giving them a working copy of the gene and treating the disease.
• C) A dysfunctional gene causing a disorder in a patient is fixed via mutation such that it works again, thus treating the disease.
• D) The dysfunctional genes causing a disorder in a patient are excised from his or her cells and correctly functioning genes are injected in via a virus, thus treating the disease.
• E) Prenatal screening is done to identify dysfunctional genes, and these are excised from the embryo's cells and replaced with properly functioning genes, thus treating a potential disease.

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