UPSC PRELIMS · GEOGRAPHY · SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY — BIOTECHNOLOGY

Consider the following statements: 1. Genetic changes can be introduced in the cells that produce eggs or sperms of a prospective parent. 2. A person's genome can be edited before birth at the early embryonic stage. 3. Human induced pluripotent stem cells can be injected into the embryo of a pig. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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EXPLANATION

All three describe technologies or experiments within the scope of contemporary reproductive and stem-cell research considered possible at the time of the examination.

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