NEETZoologyBiotechnology and Its Applications
How is a functional ADA cDNA introduced into lymphocytes in gene therapy?
Options
- ABy introducing drugs in a person's body
- BBy increasing the immunity of a person
- CBy growing lymphocytes from the blood of the patient in a culture outside the body
- DBy using a retroviral vector
Correct answer
D. By using a retroviral vector
Step-by-step solution
If a person is born with a hereditary disease, can a corrective therapy be taken for such a disease? Gene therapy is an attempt to do this. Gene therapy is a collection of methods that allows correction of a gene defect that has been diagnosed in a child/embryo. Here genes are inserted into a person’s cells and tissues to treat a disease. Correction of a genetic defect involves delivery of a normal gene into the individual or embryo to take over the function of and compensate for the non-functional gene.The first c