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Kevin Davies sent a sample of his saliva to a genetic testing laboratory in Iceland to learn about his health risks. When he rec
Kevin Davies sent a sample of his saliva to a genetic testing laboratory in Iceland to learn about his health risks. When he rec
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2019-06-10
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问题
Kevin Davies sent a sample of his saliva to a genetic testing laboratory in Iceland to learn about his health risks. When he received his results, Mr. Davies learned that,【C1】______his genetic makeup, he had an above-average risk of【C2】______prostate cancer. Out of【C3】______, he checked back three months later and found that the company, called deCODE, had changed its assessment; His risk was now【C4】______average.
DeCODE had recalculated its algorithm, based on new data. Davies, who is himself a geneticist by training, wasn’t too【C5】______by this about-face: " The information that these companies can give you can change and evolve【C6】______time," he says.
That isn’t the only way today’s genetic tests offer【C7】______conclusions. According to a US government study, results often vary【C8】______among genetic-testing companies, largely because【C9】______has its own way of choosing and analyzing data.
When the project to【C10】______human DNA was finally completed in 2003, many predicted a revolution. Drugs could be chosen to match individual patients with maximum therapeutic effect and minimum side effects, the【C11】______of so-called personalized medicine.
【C12】______a summer downpour of troubling stumbles for genetic-testing companies and programs shows just how long and twisting the road can be【C13】______advances in basic scientific research and their application.
It also has【C14】______the question of how medicine will be practiced in an era【C15】______anyone can research ailments and treatments on the Internet, sometimes becoming more familiar with new therapies and tests than their physicians.
【C11】
选项
A、advent
B、censorship
C、cultivation
D、methodology
答案
A
解析
本题考查名词的词义辨析以及对上下文语义的理解。A到来;B审查制度;C培植;D方法。这句的意思是:可以根据病人的个体情况来选择用药,从而使治疗效果最大化而副作用最小化,这标志着所谓个性化医疗时代的来临。
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