Year
CAT 2017
Section
Verbal
Topic
Para Jumbles
Difficulty
Easy
Question
Slot-1
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) given below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequence of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.
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Scientists have for the first time managed to edit genes in a human embryo to repair a genetic mutation, fuelling hopes that such procedures may one day be available outside laboratory conditions.
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The cardiac disease causes sudden death in otherwise healthy young athletes and affects about one in 500 people overall.
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Correcting the mutation in the gene would not only ensure that the child is healthy but also prevents transmission of the mutation to future generations.
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It is caused by a mutation in a particular gene and a child will suffer from the condition even if it inherits only one copy of the mutated gene.
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In results announced in Nature this week, scientists fixed a mutation that thickens the heart muscle, a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) given below, when properly sequenced would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequence of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.
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Scientists have for the first time managed to edit genes in a human embryo to repair a genetic mutation, fuelling hopes that such procedures may one day be available outside laboratory conditions.
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The cardiac disease causes sudden death in otherwise healthy young athletes and affects about one in 500 people overall.
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Correcting the mutation in the gene would not only ensure that the child is healthy but also prevents transmission of the mutation to future generations.
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It is caused by a mutation in a particular gene and a child will suffer from the condition even if it inherits only one copy of the mutated gene.
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In results announced in Nature this week, scientists fixed a mutation that thickens the heart muscle, a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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