Which of the following is/are produced by transgenic bacteria?
a) human insulin for diabetes
b) human growth hormone for dwarfism
c) clotting factors for haemophilia
d) all of these
Explanation: also tissue plasminogen activator for heart patient
Tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) is used for………
a) treatment of haemophilia
b) dissolving blood clot
c) treatment of AIDS
d) bioremediation agent
The first transgenic animal developed in July 2000 was……..
a) white rat
b) pig
c) Dolly sheep
d) cow
A cloned baby sheep “Dolly” was attributed to
a) two parents
b) one parent only
c) three parents
d) no parent
Explanation: Dolly was a female Finn-Dorset sheep and the first mammal that was cloned from an adult somatic cell. She was cloned by associates of the Roslin Institute in Scotland, using the process of nuclear transfer from a cell taken from a mammary gland.
A cloned baby sheep Dolly was identical to the parent that ………
a) donated somatic cell
b) donated reproductive cell
c) both a and b
d) gave birth to the Dolly
Which of the following is/are used for bioremediation?
a) E.coli
b) transgenic plants
c) fungus
d) transgenic bacteria
Explanation: bioremediation mean removal of environmental pollutants by organisms
