Prize-Winning Quiz: How Much Do You Know about Gene and Cell Therapy?

Q1: Which process is used to insert normal genes into human cells to correct disorders?

• Gene therapy

  49

   
• Molecular cloning

  1

   
• Stem cell therapy

  1

   
• Live vector vaccines

  1

   

Q2: Gene therapy targeting the germ-line is...

• Heritable

  34

   
• Not heritable

  5

   
• Sometimes heritable

  7

   
• Unrelated to heritability

  3

   

Q3: Most current gene therapy trials target...

• Alzheimer's Disease

  7

   
• HIV

  1

   
• Cystic fibrosis

  11

   
• Cancer

  30

   

Q4: Which of the following is the first FDA-approved CAR-T cell therapy?

• Novartis’ Kymriah

  32

   
• Kite’s Yescarta

  11

   
• Juno’s Breyanzi

  4

   
• Bluebird’s Abecma

  2

   

Q5: Who is the first patient cured by CAR-T cell therapy?

• Emily Whitehead

  22

   
• Bill Ludwig

  20

   
• Carl June

  5

   
• Stephan Grupp

  2

   

Q6: Which of the following is a side effect of CAR-T cell therapy?

• Cytokine release syndrome

  25

   
• Headaches

  1

   
• Loss of balance

  0

   
• All of the above

  23

   

Q7: How many gene therapy clinical trials have been performed or are ongoing worldwide?

• > 10

  3

   
• > 100

  7

   
• > 1,000

  32

   
• > 10,000

  7