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BBC Quiz
BBC Quiz
Well, asking open questions – questions the celebrities can't ………… with a short answer.
Open questions give them the chance to talk and possibly reveal some juicy details
about themselves!
OK – bad choice. Sorry. But your reaction was juicy – you got pretty …………….. – and that
means embarrassed or angry! I'll try to think of a better question to ask you before the
end of the show.
It is in the Genes:
Gene editing is the ability ……….. – or control – DNA. And in case you didn't
know, DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid – this is a substance in the cells of animals
and plants that contains genetic information. And a gene is part of the DNA in the cell
that controls the …………………………. of a plant or animal and is passed on from its
parents.
Think of gene editing as a molecular …………. It scans the DNA searching for the error.
Then it uses molecular scissors to ………………, which switches off the faulty gene. Or it
can repair the code by inserting a healthy copy of the gene. These techniques ……………..
of treating – even curing – some genetic diseases – and it's not science fiction.
Inception:
Remake
Tone down
Pull an all-nighter
Etiquette
Shake a leg
Fraud
Spending spree
Authenticate
Commute
Arid
Evolve