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Adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency is a hereditary disease, where ADA, which is crucial for functioning of immune system is absent. Explain how ADA deficiency can be treated.

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  • Disorder due to ADA deficiency can be overcame by …………

    A
    RNA interference
    B
    PCR
    C
    ELISA
    D
    Gene Therapy

  • Read the following statements carefully and select the appropriate option given below. (i) Insulin consists of two short polypeptides chains that are linked together by disulphide bridges. (ii) Eli lily, an Italian company prepared two DNA sequences corresponding to A and B, chains of E.coli to produce insulin chains. (iii) Insulin used for diabetes was earlier extracted from pancreas of slaughtered cattles and dogs. (iv) ADA is the enzyme which is crucial for the immune system to function. (v) Transgenic animals that produce useful biological products can be created by the introduction of the portion of DNA.

    A
    (iii) and (iv) are incorrect
    B
    (iv) and (v) are incorrect
    C
    (ii) and (iii) are incorrect
    D
    (ii) and (v) are incorrect

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