TRISHA MARIZ M.

CAPANGPANGAN DECEMBER 17, 2022

BSN 2 – B6 NUR 104 – BIOETHICS
MR. GERALD DEVELOS

SESSION 22

Check for Understanding

1. When a disease is the result of a combination of genes, it is called?

A. Allele
B. Heterozygous
C. Polygenic
D. Monogenic
Answer: B
Rationale: A person with one abnormal gene is called heterozygous for that gene. If a child
receives an abnormal recessive disease gene from both parents, the child will show the disease
and will be homozygous (or compound heterozygous) for that gene.

2. Who wrote the book in 2013 entitled to Creation: How science is reinventing life itself?
A. Peter Goodfellow
B. Francis Crick
C. Bryan Appleyard
D. Adam Rutherford
Answer: D
Rationale: How Science is Reinventing Life Itself by Adam Rutherford, Penguin Group, 2013, 278
pages. This is simply the best book on where “life” came from and where it may be going.

3. The taking of a somatic cell from an adult animal, inserting it into an egg, and growing an
identical twin is an example of?
A. Cloning
B. Stem cell
C. Xenografting
D. All of the above
Answer: A
Rationale: To make a clone, scientists transfer the DNA from an animal's somatic cell into an egg
cell that has had its nucleus and DNA removed. The egg develops into an embryo that contains
the same genes as the cell donor.

4. This is the treatment of genetic diseases by the administration of genes to correct an absent
or defective gene?
A. Genetic therapy
B. Genetic engineering
C. Genetic pharmacy
D. Genetic testing
Answer: A
Rationale: Gene therapy is a potential approach to the treatment of genetic disorders in humans.
This is a technique where the absent or faulty gene is replaced by a working gene, so the body
can make the correct enzyme or protein and consequently eliminate the root cause of the disease
(BIO, 1990).

5. The President’s Council on Bioethics holds that cloning-to-produce-children would be a

radically new form of human procreation that leads to concern such as which of the following?
A. Troubled family relations
B. Prospect of a new eugenics
C. Concerns regarding manufacture
D. All of the above
Answer: D
Rationale: The Council holds that cloning-to-produce-children would be a radically new form of
human procreation that leads to concerns about: 1) problems of identity and individuality; 2)
concerns regarding manufacture; 3) the prospect of a new eugenics; 4) troubled family relations;
and 5) effects on the family.