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6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health

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Question 24

Which of the following is not an example of the clinical application of genomic medicine in monitoring and maintaining human health?

A

Screening a neonate's DNA for cystic fibrosis alleles to initiate early clinical intervention and personalized therapy.

B

Mass-producing human growth hormone (hGH\text{hGH}hGH) using genetically engineered yeast cells to treat growth disorders.

C

Determining a patient's CYP2D6CYP2D6CYP2D6 genotype to select an appropriate and safe clinical dosage of an antidepressant.

D

Analyzing the DNA of an asymptomatic patient with a family history of breast cancer to detect the presence of BRCA1BRCA1BRCA1 gene mutations.

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6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health

97 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health, covering 6.3.1 Health and disease, 6.3.2 Interactions between diseases, 6.3.3 Spread of communicable diseases, 6.3.4 Common infections and diseases, 6.3.5 Physical plant defence responses, 6.3.6 Chemical plant defence responses, 6.3.7 Detecting and identifying plant diseases, 6.3.8 White blood cells and platelets, 6.3.9 Non-specific defence systems, 6.3.10 The immune system, 6.3.11 Monoclonal antibodies, 6.3.12 Vaccines and medicines, 6.3.13 Aseptic techniques, 6.3.14 Discovery and development of new medicines, 6.3.15 Causes of non-communicable diseases, 6.3.16 Treatments for cardiovascular disease, 6.3.17 Lifestyle factors and non-communicable diseases, 6.3.18 Cancer, 6.3.19 Stem cells in medicine, 6.3.20 Gene technology in medicine, and 6.3.21 The human genome and medicine. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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