Biotechnology in Healthcare and Medicine

The use of DNA as a pharmaceutical agent to treat disease is called:

Which of the following protein has been produced by methods of genetic engineering?

The steps involved in the production of human insulin (humulin) are given below. Choose the correct sequence

(i) Purification of humulin.

(ii) Culturing recombinant E.coli in bioreactors.

(iii) Synthesis of the gene (DNA) for human insulin artificially.

(iv) Insertion of human insulin gene into a plasmid.

(v) Introduction of recombinant plasmid into E.coli.

(vi) Extraction of a recombinant gene product from E.coli.

_____ stem cells are procured from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst.

Insulin was earlier extracted from the pancreas of slaughtered _____ and _____.

Identify the correct statement regarding the application of biotechnology in medicine.

Antibiotic Penicillin is produced by _____ belonging to group _____.

Raphano brassica is a man-made tetraploid produced by colchicine treatment.

PCR is not a useful tool for early diagnosis of an infectious disease. 

Pathophysiology is the study of altered physiology of host.

The genetically modified bacteria are used for the commercial production of insulin.

Study the following statements.
A) In germ-line gene therapy functional genes are introduced into somatic cells.
B) Synthetic oligo deoxy nucleosides are used for silencing the disease-causing genes.
C) The transgenic animal product $\mathrm{\alpha }$ -lactalbumin is used to treat emphysema.
D) Viral vectors are used to send genetically modified DNA by a process called transfection.

The correct statements are:

Which one of the following application is not related to $\mathrm{DNA}$ finger printing?

Identify incorrectly matched scientist and their work:

1) Term biotechnology - Karl Ereky

2) Plasmid was discovered by - Lederberg and Hays

3) Ligases discovered by - Mertz and Davis

4) DNA fingerprinting - French Anderson

5) Tissue culture - Haberlandt

6) Somatic gene therapy (SCID) - Alec Jeffrey and Lalji singh

Choose the correct statements

(A) Early detection of pathogen presence can be done by$\mathrm{PCR}$

(B) Biochemical products produced by bacteria are inferior to products produced in transgenic plants

(C) Validity of the $\mathrm{GM}$ Research will be controlled by Genetic Engineering Approval committee

(D) Use of bio resources by multinational companies with proper authorization is not possible The correct answer is

The correct answer is

The diagram below shows:

Which organism is used in the production of insulin.

The study of the altered physiology of the host is called pathophysiology or host physiology?

Fill in the blank with the correct word given in the bracket.

The full form of SCID is _____. (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency/Severe Common Immunodeficiency)