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Answer to: Consult the internet and find out how to make orally active protein pharmaceuticals. What is the major problem to be encountered?

The problem is stomach enzymes and acids. Once you orally ingest a protein, the proteases in your stomach juices (trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin) will ...

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Answer to: Does our blood have proteases and nucleases?

Proteases occur naturally in all organisms. These enzymes are involved in a multitude of physiological reactions from simple digestion of food protein...

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Answer to: Find out from the internet what is golden rice.

Golden rice is a GM rice with increased vitamin A content.

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Answer to: Can you suggest a method to remove oil (hydrocarbon) from seeds based on your understanding of rDNA technology and the chemistry of oil?

rDNA technology is a technique of genetic engineering that involves combining DNA from two different sources to produce recombined or recombinant DNA ...

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Answer to: Diagrammatically represent the experimental steps in cloning and expressing a human gene (say the gene for growth hormone) into a bacterium like E.coli?

The given diagram represents the experimental steps in cloning and expressing a human gene for growth hormone into a bacterium E. coli. figure.png ...

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Answer to: What is gene therapy? Illustrate using the example of adenosine deaminase (ADA) deficiency.

Gene therapy is the technique of genetic engineering used to replace a faulty gene with a normal, healthy functional gene. The first clinical gene the...

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Answer to: What are Cry proteins? Name an organism that produces it. How has man exploited this protein to his benefit?

Cry proteins are a group of toxic protein which are highly poisonous to deficient types of insects. It is produced by a soil bacterium Bacillus thurin...

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Answer to: Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of the production of genetically modified crops.

Advantages of genetically modified crops or transgenic crops are as follows : They are resistant to pests, herbicides and diseases. They help t...

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Answer to: What are transgenic bacteria? Illustrate using any one example.

Transgenic bacteria are one that carries a transgene or a foreign gene of interest introduced using recombinant DNA technology. e. g., bacteria carryi...

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Answer to: Crystals of Bt toxin produced by some bacteria do not kill the bacteria themselves because

(c) Toxin is inactive: In bacteria, the toxin is present in an inactive form called prototoxin. This gets converted into the active form when it enter...

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Answer to: Acidified solution of sodium thiosulphate is unstable because in thiosulphate

Correct answer: (b) the two sulphur atoms are at different oxidation states of +6 and -2 Explanation: Na2S2O3 + 2HCl → 2NaCl + SO2 + S + H2O

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Answer to: When sulphur is heated with NaOH (aq). The compounds formed are

Correct answer: (c) Na2S + Na2S2O3 + H2O Explanation: 4S + 6NaOH → Na2S2O3 + 2Na2S + 3H2O

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Answer to: Substance which absorbs CO2 and violently reacts with H2O with sound is

Correct answer: (d) CaO Explanation: CaO + CO2 → CaCO3 CaO + H2O → Ca(OH)2 hissing sound and ΔH = -ve

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Answer to: Na2SO3 and NaHCO3 may be distinguished by treating their aqueous solution with

Correct answer: (b) MgSO4 Explanation: 2MgSO4 + 2Na2SO3 + H2O → MgCO3.Mg(OH)2 + 2Na2SO4 + CO2 Basic magnesium carbonate

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Answer to: The pair of compounds which cannot exist together in solution is

Correct answer: (a) NaHCO3 and NaOH Explanation: NaHCO3 + NaOH → Na2CO3 + H2O (NaHCO3 is an acidic salt)

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Answer to: Three vectors of equal magnitude are shown in figure. Find angle θ formed by

Correct answer: (a) Explanation: Magnitude of each vector be = + = + = - + = () + () tanθ = =

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Answer to: Which logic gate is this? (a) AND (b) OR (c) NOR (d) NAND

Correct answer: (c) NOR Explanation: figure.png c = = & d = = Y = c.d = . = ∴ this circuit represents NOR gate.

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Answer to: Find power loss in battery approximately. (a) 2.2 W (b) 2.4 W (c) 4.2 W (d) 2.8 W

Correct answer: (a) 2.2 W Explanation: Equivalent resistance of circuit = 0.55 + 0.6 = 1.15 Ω Voltage/EMF of the circuit = 2.2 V ∴ Current (...

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