AI Helps Find Treatments for Rare Diseases

End-of-lesson check

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1. Why do many drug companies decide not to study treatments for rare diseases?

   1. The diseases are not real medical conditions
   2. They already have cures for all rare diseases
   3. They don't expect to make much profit from them
   4. They are not interested in helping sick people

2. How is AI making a difference in rare disease research?

   1. It makes the research process less expensive
   2. It automatically cures patients
   3. It replaces the need for any doctors
   4. It finds patients without anyone looking

3. One way AI helps find new treatments is by doing what?

   1. Inventing completely new chemicals from scratch without any existing data
   2. Guessing randomly which medicines might help
   3. Asking patients which medicine they want to try
   4. Checking if medicines already approved for other diseases might work for rare ones

4. What can AI do to help understand the genetic causes of rare diseases?

   1. Predict which genetic variations might cause certain rare conditions
   2. Create brand new genes that didn't exist before
   3. Eliminate all genetic variations from a baby before birth
   4. Change a person's genes to fix the disease

5. Why might a doctor take years to correctly diagnose someone with a rare disease?

   1. Very few people have it, so doctors don't get much practice recognizing it
   2. Doctors are not allowed to diagnose rare diseases
   3. Rare diseases always show obvious symptoms right away
   4. The diseases are not serious enough to worry about

6. What is one benefit when AI helps connect patients who have the same rare disease?

   1. They become a new drug company
   2. They can automatically exchange money
   3. They no longer need to see any doctors
   4. They can share support and information with each other

7. The lesson mentions AI can help 'underserved' communities. What does this word mean in this context?

   1. People who refuse to use computers
   2. People who never get sick
   3. People who live only in big cities
   4. Groups of people who don't get enough help or attention

8. What is the main reason AI is especially useful for rare diseases?

   1. It works better for common diseases
   2. It can only be used in wealthy countries
   3. It requires huge teams of scientists to operate
   4. It can do research inexpensively, even for small groups of patients

9. If AI scans existing drugs for rare disease treatment, what is it actually doing?

   1. Destroying all medicines that don't work
   2. Looking for any drug that might already work against the disease
   3. Sending drugs directly to patients without doctor approval
   4. Testing drugs on healthy people first

10. Why might someone with a rare disease feel isolated before AI helps connect patients?

    1. Doctors always know exactly what they have
    2. Rare diseases only affect people in other countries
    3. They are usually not actually sick
    4. They may never meet another person with the same condition

11. What is a key difference between how drug companies and AI approach rare diseases?

    1. Drug companies are more careful than AI
    2. AI can make research affordable even without a large market
    3. AI requires more patients to be useful
    4. Drug companies always study every disease

12. What does it mean that AI helps find treatments 'anyway'?

    1. Only when the government pays for everything
    2. Only for very common diseases
    3. After all patients have recovered
    4. Even when drug companies would normally skip the disease

13. The lesson says AI in healthcare can help everyone. Who does this include?

    1. Only people who already have multiple doctors
    2. People with conditions that nobody used to research
    3. Only children
    4. Only people in wealthy countries

14. What might happen if AI helps predict genetic variations that cause disease?

    1. All genetic variations will be eliminated forever
    2. Doctors might be able to diagnose patients earlier
    3. People will need more genetic testing
    4. Genetic testing will become illegal

15. Why don't drug companies usually study rare diseases?

    1. There aren't enough patients to make money from a treatment
    2. They are illegal in most countries
    3. They are too expensive to find
    4. They are not diseases at all