Transgenic Animal Models Can Be Used for

question 47

Multiple Choice

Transgenic animal models can be used for

• A) studying the development and progression of a disease.
• B) developing and testing drugs that hopefully will cure or treat the animal model of the human disease.
• C) acting as model organisms with symptoms that mirror those in humans.
• D) producing drugs that will be used to treat human diseases.
• E) All of these are uses for transgenic animals.

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Definitions:

Respiratory

Relating to or affecting breathing or the organs involved in breathing.

Urinary

Pertaining to the system of organs involved in the formation, storage, and excretion of urine.

Female Reproductive Organs

The organs involved in producing eggs, providing a site for fertilization and fetal development, and giving birth, including the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and vagina.

Prostate Gland

A gland in the male reproductive system that secretes a fluid that nourishes and protects sperm, part of the seminal fluid.