W12: Reproductive Technology, Genetic Testing and Gene Therapy

In which of the following does fertilization take place within a woman's body?

Which of the following are now routinely frozen for future use

Which one of the following risks is increased by ART?

A gestational mother...

Which of the following is NOT used in gene therapy to transfer cloned DNA into human cells?

Which of the following couples would NOT ordinarily be encouraged to seek genetic counseling?

The use of growth hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology to stimulate the growth of short children who have no genetic disorder is an example of:

The leading cause of infertility in women is:

When a woman is artificially inseminated and surrenders the child to the father and his partner, the woman is what?

Genetic counseling provides information to allow informed decisions to be made about what different things?

Blocked oviducts can be the result of STDs

Gene therapy has not yet cured any patients of their genetic disorder

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis can be used to match the tissue type of an embryo with that of a sibling.

What type of cells can develop into any sort of tissue cell

Which type of gene therapy is currently under development and approved for some uses?

If both parents are heterozygous for a recessive disorder, and their first baby has the disorder, what is the chance that their second child will have the disorder?

At what age is a woman’s chance of conception around 25% if having unprotected sex at the right time of her menstrual cycle?

The main technique for overcoming the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases is:

Which type of pre-natal testing can be used before IVF treatment to make sure that X-linked recessive diseases are not passed on to the offspring?

What type of disease/disorder is most commonly treated with gene therapy?