NEETZoologyBiotechnology and Its Applications
What is the purpose of growing lymphocytes from the blood of a patient in gene therapy for ADA deficiency?
Options
- ATo detect mutated genes
- BTo detect antigens in ELISA
- CTo deliver functional ADA cDNA into the patient
- DTo detect antibodies synthesized against pathogen
Correct answer
C. To deliver functional ADA cDNA into the patient
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