Chapter 59: Biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy

Chapter 59: Biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A tetracycline-inducible system has been used experimentally to control the expression of

1. hemoglobin
2. erythropoietin
3. insulin
4. thyroxine
5. growth hormone

Answer b: erythropoietin

1. Transfection of the herpes simplex virus gene for thymidylate kinase enables tumor cells to activate

1. methotrexate
2. cytarabine
3. foscarnet
4. fluorouracil
5. ganciclovir

Answer e: ganciclovir

1. The first proof of gene therapy was obtained by transfection of the gene for

1. hemoglobin
2. erythropoietin
3. adenine deaminase
4. a1-antitrypsin
5. phosphorylase

Answer c: adenine deaminase