CRISPR techniques allow scientists to modify specific genes while sparing all others, thus clarifying the association between a given gene and its consequence to the organism.  If this technology can change the future of Medicine, what specific benefits CRISPR can bring to genetic testing or analysis?  How can CRISPR help to enhance gene therapy or treatment of genetic diseases?

Q: Why can’t all genetic diseases be treated with gene therapy ? Explain how the ideal procedure for…

A: Gene therapy is one of the treatment methods to treat genetic diseases. It involves the replacement…

Q: The first attempts at gene therapy began in 1990 with the treatment of a young girl with a genetic…

A: SCID stands for Severe combined Immunodeficiency. SCID is a group of very rare, life-threatening…

Q: Explain how genes can be altered in living organisms, and describe some of the applications of these…

A: Biotechnology is the usage of living systems or/and organisms to make or develop products. In other…

Q: What are some of the dangers of (and precautions against) recombinant DNA technology?

A: Recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology involves the joining of DNA molecules of two different organisms…

Q: Describe the mechanistic steps through which gene therapy might be used to cure a disease that is…

A: Gene therapy is a technique that uses genes to treat or prevent disease. Genes are the instructions…

Q: When treating a person by gene therapy, is it necessary that the therapeutic gene becomes part of a…

A: Gene therapy refers to the transfer of nucleic acids into a cell of a patient as a drug for the…

Q: Explain the Applications of recombinant DNA technology in medicine ?

A: The combining of DNA molecules from two separate organisms is known as recombinant DNA science. The…

Q: Discuss the challenges scientists face in making gene therapy asafe, reliable, and effective…

A: Gene therapy refers to the treatment of a disease at genetic level. It involves alteration of genes…

Q: outline HOW to clone and identify a new gene!

A: Gene clonning is technique of genetic engineering where a gene of intrest is isolated from its DNA…

Q: Transgenic organisms have foreign DNA incorporated into their genomes that can be expressed to…

A: Genetically modified organism or transgenic organism contains foreign deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),…

Q: Positional cloning refers to: a. using a selection procedure to clone a cDNA b. cloning a portion of…

A: Positional cloning is a gene cloning method where cloning is done simply based on the knowledge of…

Q: What is a cloning vector? Give two examples of specific DNA molecules routinely used as cloning…

A: Genetic material is nothing but the sequence of nucleic acids which is called as DNA. It contains…

Q: Give a schematic diagram of how we can Treatment Down Syndrome by using gene therapy?  Please answer…

A: Down's syndrome is a genetic disorder caused due to defects in chromosome 21 of the human genome.…

Q: List examples of how in vivo and ex vivo gene therapy has been used to treat human disease.

A: In vivo gene therapy refers to treatment that is provided to the patient directly. The targeted…

Q: If companies like 23 and me should be allowed to sequence your DNA and give you the results instead…

A: 23andMe is a privately held personal genomics and biotechnology company based in Sunnyvale,…

Q: What is the function of the CRISPR/Cas system? What are the ethical impacts of a technology such as…

A: Genetic and molecular biology is the study of genetic information such as the genetic material,…

Q: What is the major difference between genomic DNA and cDNA? List various vectors and state which is…

A: The main difference between genomic DNA and cDNA is  cDNA: cDNA is synthetic dna base pairs are…

Q: analyzing sequencing data, what parameters should be considered?

A: Genomic research has been transformed by improvements in DNA sequencing technology, which have made…

Q: What are some possible reasons that researchers might be interested in identifying the gene that…

A: ICA(Internal Carotid Artery) is a part of the vascular system which is susceptible to Carotid artery…

Q: How does cloning be helpful? Cite specific field or areas where cloning is beneficial. Explain in 10…

A: Cloning refers to the process of production of a genetically identical organism produced from the…

Q: Discuss the advantages of next-generation sequencing technologies.

A: Next generation sequencing technique is also known as second generation sequencing where the DNA…

Q: Briefly answer the question: Exome sequencing to identify a mutation that could cause a particular…

A: Primary findings are the testing results which are obtained and provide required information about…

Q: Describe CRISPR as a genetic tool with its functions .

A: CRISPR ( Clustered Regularly Interspersed Short Palindromic Repeats ) is a segment of prokaryotic…

Q: For what reasons would gene therapy be more effective performed onembryos rather than fully…

A: Gene therapy is a broad field in recombinant technology where specially designed genes are used to…

Q: Why is it necessary to examine gene-expression profiles, in additionto genome sequences, for…

A: Gene expression profiling is the analysis of the behaviour of thousands of genes at once to…

Q: Describe how Restriction Enzymes, Plasmids, DNA Hybridization, and PCR can be used for molecular…

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Q: What are the ethical implications of CRISPR cas9 technology or gene editing?

A: the ethical implications of CRISPR cas9 technology or gene editing are:

Q: A number of advances have been made in biotechnology. CRISPR/Cas9 one of the most controversial, and…

A: CRISPR/Cas9 is found in the prokaryote system Cas 9 is an enzyme that cut DNA

Q: Some people have argued that editing the genomes of human embryos is ethically defensible as long as…

A: Genome editing tools are those tools that help in making changes into the genome of an individual.…

Q: How can gene knockouts, transgenic animals, and geneeditingtechniques be used to explore gene…

A: Gene is the functional unit of hereditary. Each cell has a nucleus, in which there is nucleic acid…

Q: overview of the techniques for producing transgenic animals. What are some of the potential…

A: The transgene is the process of introducing the modified or altered gene into the species. The…

Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.