Answer:
The correct answer is - develop new methods to test the hypothesis.
Explanation:
Human produce offsprings long time and development also take a long time in general and then to test a hypothesis, regarding the gene therapy helps to treat a disease, would take even more time.
So testing this hypothesis required developing a new method as other options are not possible. You can not change the time it takes in reproduction. Giving up is not the option in science.
The type of shock presented by a patient with a known history of gastric ulcers and gastrointestinal bleeding with recent history of passing a lot of blood is called hypovolemic shock. The patient is now on the later stages of shock as he is tachycardic and hypotensive (significant as mechanisms to maintain a normal blood pressure is failing at this point).