Read the following statements and choose the correct statements.
(i) Gene therapy has been tested on a large number of patients with a wider variety of inherited genetic disorder, and in numerous cases it has produced a complete cure.
(ii) Genetic engineering has been used to produce insulin for curing the diabetes.
(iii) DNA hybridization is the base pairing of DNA from two different sources.
(iv) Genetic engineering is a technique of plant breeding.
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(i) Incorrect → Gene therapy is still limited; it has not produced complete cure in numerous cases across many disorders.
(ii) Correct → Recombinant DNA technology is used to produce human insulin for diabetes treatment.
(iii) Correct → DNA hybridization means base pairing between DNA from different sources.
(iv) Incorrect → Genetic engineering is not plant breeding; it is gene manipulation technology.
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