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PPL scientists will try to solve their problem by ______.
A

removing the sugar molecule on the surface of pig cells.

B

distinguishing human tissues form those of pigs.

C

using the sugar-free nucleus in cloning a pig.

D

taking out the sugar genes from the cell of a pig.


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细节理解题。根据题干信息定位到第三段第三句“PPL scientists recently succeeded in finding the gene responsible for the sugar and knocking it out of the nucleus of a pig cell.”,由此可知,科学家们已经成功的将存在于猪的细胞核里的与糖分子相关的基因剔除了,这些基因存在于猪的细胞核,而不是细胞表面,故A选项错误;B选项的观点无中生有;PPL的科学家想用不含糖的细胞核克隆猪,防止人体产生排斥反应,以解决他们的问题,故C项正确;D选项只是解决该问题过程当中的一个步骤,不是解决问题的全部,故不选。
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考题 The writer holds that the potential to make healthy body tissues will( ) A.aggravate moral issues of human cloning B.bring great benefits to human beings C.help scientists decode body instructions D.involve employing surgical instruments

考题 单选题According to scientists diabetes causes all the following EXCEPT_____.A lack of insulinB accumulation of sugar energyC brain damagesD disorder in the immune system

考题 单选题One problem of using pig organs on humans is ______.A the size of the pig organs.B the quick rejection of the transplant by human bodies.C the speed of their maturity.D the technical complexity of the operational process.

考题 问答题Practice 1  After nearly a year of emotional arguments in Congress but no new federal laws the national debate over the future of human cloning has shifted to the states. Six states have already banned cloning in one form or another,and this year alone 38 anticloning measures were introduced in 22 states.  The resulting patchwork of laws,people on all sides of the issue say,complicates a nationwide picture already clouded by scientific and ethnical questions over whether and how to restrict cloning or ban it altogether.  Since l997,when scientists announced the birth of Dolly the sheep,the first cloned mammal,the specter of cloned babies, infants that ate,in essence,genetic carbon copies of adults has loomed large in the public psyche and in the minds of lawmakers.  Today, there is widespread agreement that cloning fur reproduction is unsafe and should be banned. Now,the debate has shifted away from the ethics of baby-making and toward the morality of cloning embryos for their cells and tissues,which might be used to treat diseases. The controversy pits religious c6nservatives and abortion opponents, who regard embryos as nascent human life,against patients' groups,scientists and the biotechnology industry.

考题 单选题Scientists find that it is possible to cure diabetes by means of _____.A operation on pancreasB stopping the accumulation of blood cellsC accumulation sugar energyD preventing the immune system from making mistakes

考题 单选题Sugar manufactures have ______.A tried hard to make experiments on their own with sugar on humans and animalsB invested millions of dollars in buying best names of scientists to sell sugar.C hoped to encounter some scientific findings about sugar.D tried hard to establish public relations in order to open the market for sugar.