Five cloned pigs,whose organs are much less likely to be rejected(排斥) by a patient,have been born in the U.S.
More than 62,000 people in the U.S. alone are waiting to ____ donated hearts,lungs and so on.The number of human donors falls far short of ____.Pig organs are of a(n) ____ size to human organs,and some scientists hope they might be used to help meet the ____.But previous attempts to transplant pig tissue into humans have ____.
The five pigs ____ a gene that adds a sugar to the surface of pig cells.The sugar would ____ immune(免疫的) rejection of the tissue.“This advance provides a neartime ____ for overcoming the problem that there is not enough human organs for transplants,”says an expert.“This is the ____ gene for overcoming the ____ stage of rejection.”
____,scientists warn that much more work is necessary ____ organs from copies of the pigs could be transplanted into humans.Human genes will need to be added,to ____ rejection of the organ in the long term.There are also ____ that pig viruses could infect patients.
Cloning techniques were ____ to the production of the pigs.Genes can only be knocked out(去除) in a single cell.Cloning of these single cells then allowed the ____ of a whole animal in which the gene was knocked out in every cell.But the PPL researchers have ____ in knocking out only one copy of the gene.The team will now attempt to knock out both copies of the gene.
The team will also ____ tests to investigate whether a virus from the pigs could infect human cells.“Although a lot of the work is very ____,we’re still very far off being able to grow an organ,” says Julia,who is working on this project and quite ____ to creating similar knockout pigs with researchers at the University of Missouri.
小题1: | A.exchange | B.check | C.possess | D.receive |
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小题2: | A.discussion | B.demand | C.doubt | D.distance |
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小题3: | A.beneficial | B.identical | C.similar | D.certain |
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小题4: | A.shortage | B.condition | C.satisfaction | D.argument |
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小题5: | A.continued | B.failed | C.finished | D.paused |
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小题6: | A.lack | B.include | C.make | D.change |
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小题7: | A.leave | B.cause | C.block | D.destroy |
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小题8: | A.supply | B.ambition | C.contribution | D.solution |
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小题10: | A.last | B.whole | C.next | D.early |
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小题11: | A.However | B.Therefore | C.Besides | D.Finally |
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小题12: | A.because | B.before | C.if | D.after |
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小题13: | A.prevent | B.ignore | C.judge | D.weaken |
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小题14: | A.regrets | B.emotions | C.concerns | D.interests |
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小题15: | A.simple | B.vital | C.unusual | D.basic |
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小题16: | A.collection | B.application | C.reception | D.creation |
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小题17: | A.delighted | B.succeeded | C.joined | D.believed |
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小题18: | A.conduct | B.plan | C.design | D.study |
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小题19: | A.perfect | B.strange | C.exciting | D.disappointing |
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小题20: | A.opposed | B.used | C.devoted | D.suited |
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