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A-LevelBiologyGenetic technology9700/12 · Feb/Mar 2018 · Q381 Mark

Some children are born with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Children with this inherited disease do not normally have any T-lymphocytes and suffer from many infectious diseases. How may these children be cured from SCID?

Atransfusion of antibodies
Btreatment with stem cells
Cuse of different antibiotics
Dvaccination against all diseases

✓ Correct answer

B: treatment with stem cells

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Genetic technology, A-Level Biology (syllabus 9700). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Biology, Feb/Mar 2018 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 38.

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