Multiple Choice
In one type of cancer, myelogenous leukemia, certain white blood cells undergo a gain-of-function mutation resulting in a totally new protein. The treatment involves
A) supplying the correct protein intravenously.
B) using molecular medicine to produce a drug to inactivate the protein.
C) using gene therapy to insert a new gene to supply the correct protein.
D) radiation and chemotherapy.
E) administrating large doses of adenosine deaminase.
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