What Has Affected the Preliminary Results from Some Recently Initiated

question 38

Multiple Choice

What has affected the preliminary results from some recently initiated gene therapy trials?

• A) The laboratories have not had enough time to develop a gene-therapy protocol.
• B) Congress is hesitant to fund any more experimental programs at the National Institutes of Health.
• C) Cells into which corrected genes are introduced cannot find and copy these genes to make new proteins.
• D) There is a voluntary moratorium on gene therapy research because of the fear of introducing a toxic gene into the environment.
• E) Drug companies are stalling the research projects until they can get assurances about development patents.

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