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Earn 100

How Humulin is produced?

Important Questions on Biotechnology

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Give the role of:

Tissue plasminogen activator (TPA)

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Give the role of:

Tissue growth factor-Beta (TGF-β) in gene therapy.

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What is the characteristic features of human insulin?
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With regard to insulin choose correct options.

(a) C-peptide is not present in mature insulin.

(b) The insulin produced by rDNA technology has C-peptide.

(c) The pro-insulin has C-peptide.

(d) A-peptide and B-peptide of insulin are interconnected by disulphide bridges.

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In 1983, an American company Eli Lilly produced human insulin artificially. Write down the method followed in this technique.
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Statements related to human Insulin are given below: Which statement(s) is/are correct about genetically engineered insulin?

(a) Pro-hormone insulin contains an extra stretch of C-peptide.

(b) A-peptide and B-peptide chains of insulin were produced separately in E. coli, extracted, and combined by creating disulphide bond between them.

(c) Insulin used for treating diabetes was extracted from cattle and pigs.

(d) Pro-hormone insulin needs to be processed for converting into a mature and functional hormone.

(e) Some patients develop allergic reactions to foreign insulin.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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Write two importance of biotechnology in the medical field.
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Now a days it is possible to detect the mutated gene causing cancer by allowing radioactive probe to hybridise its complimentary DNA in a clone of cells, followed by its detection using autoradiography because:
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Assertion (A): Molecular fariming is large scale production of biochemicals from plants.

Reason (R) : Transgenic plants are bioreactors for commercial production of antibodies. 

The correct option among the following is:

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Describe the procedure of insulin production by r-DNA technology (Recombinant DNA technology).
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Match the following 

   List - I     List - II
(a) First clinical gene therapy (i) DNA Amplification
(b) Transfection (ii) Introduction of genetically modified DNA into a eukaryotic cell
(c) Synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides (iii) Adenosine deaminase
(d) PCR (iv) Silencing genes

The correct answer is

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Why is the insulin extracted from slaughtered cattle and pigs no more in use by diabetic persons?
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Give a detailed account of the structure of proinsulin and describe the method of producing mature insulin through rDNA technology.
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Describe in brief the process of human insulin production by the process of biotechnology.
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Identify the correct sequence of steps that are followed in gene therapy.
A Altered virus is mixed with cells from patient
B. Therapeutic human gene is inserted into the virus (vector)
C. Cells are collected from the patients
D. Cells from the patient become genetically altered
E. Reintroduction of genetically altered cells into patient
F. Suitable virus (vector) is selected and altered
G The genetically altered cells produce the desired proteins or hormones

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Which of the following statements is not correct?