An Example of the Utility of Gene Expression Profiling in a Clinical

question 14

Multiple Choice

An example of the utility of gene expression profiling in a clinical situation is

• A)finding that a child has inherited a certain genotype.
• B)identifying genes with aberrant expression levels in cancers likely to spread.
• C)determining whether a medical condition is inherited or not.
• D)replacing a gene bearing a mutation with a wild type version in the affected tissue.

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Definitions:

Derailment

A thought disorder in which a person's speech is characterized by a series of loosely connected ideas; often seen in schizophrenia.

Avolition

A lack of motivation or ability to initiate and persist in goal-directed activities, often seen in psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia.

Alogia

A symptom commonly found in schizophrenia, characterized by a significant reduction in the amount of speech.

Motivation

The internal and external processes that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job, role, or subject.