Question

Gene therapy in humans involves all except ______.

Options

• insertion of the gene for bovine growth hormone

• alteration of lymphocytes to contain an enzyme for the maturation of T and B cells

• alteration of bone marrow stem cells to allow synthesis of the product in all kinds of blood cells

• use of reverse transcriptase to move recombinant RNA into the chromosome as recombinant DNA

Answer 1

Gene therapy in humans involves all except insertion of the gene for bovine growth hormone.

Explanation:

Gene therapy in humans involves altering human cells to correct genetic defects, such as altering lymphocytes or bone marrow stem cells, and using reverse transcriptase to incorporate recombinant RNA as DNA into chromosomes. However, inserting the gene for bovine growth hormone is not part of human gene therapy; it is unrelated to correcting human genetic diseases.