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Identify the incorrect statement regarding gene therapy.


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Gene therapy is an artificial method that introduces DNA into the cells of human body.

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Gene therapy is employed to treat diseases such as cancer.

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Gene therapy is employed to treat diseases such as cold, fever etc.

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Gene therapy helps to cure the disease causing genes.

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Solution

The correct option is C

Gene therapy is employed to treat diseases such as cold, fever etc.


Gene therapy is a collection of methods that removes the defective copy of the gene from an individual or an embryo and inserts a normal copy of the same gene.
Correct statements regarding gene therapy are:
-Gene therapy is an artificial method that introduces DNA into the cells of human body.
-It helps to cure the disease causing genes.
-This method is employed to treat diseases such as cancer.


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