Medical Devices
The device that restores one’s heartbeat by sending electrical pulses to the heart.
What is a defibrillator?
The mRNA vaccines against Covid-19 lead to the production of this protein within cells.
What is the spike protein?
This phrase is abbreviated to the acronym GWAS.
What is genome wide association study?
The lion in "The Wizard of Oz" was in search of this.
What is courage?
UCSF’s Kidney Project aims to create a bioartificial kidney, which consists of a hemofilter and a cell bioreactor to be a permanent solution for kidney failure.
This phrase is the role of the hemofilter.
What is "remove toxins from blood"?
This technology became integral to precise gene editing within research.
What is CRISPR?
The number of bases in the human genome.
What is 3.2 billion?
The number of hearts an Octopus has.
What is 3?
A common complication of medical devices that come into contact with blood.
What is thrombosis (blood clotting)?
This phase of clinical trials (phase I - phase III) is centered around testing the drug in patients that have the disease to determine the right dosage and effectiveness.
What is phase II?
The first organism that had its genome sequenced.
What is the bacterium haemophilus influenzae?
This country grows the most avocados in the world.
What is Mexico?
For heart valve replacements, a common medical procedure involves TAVR, whereby valve replacement is achieved via a catheter approach.
This phrase is what TAVR stands for.
What is Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement?
This structure within the central nervous system makes the treatment of neurological disorders/diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease difficult.
What is the blood-brain barrier?
A common data reduction technique used in bioinformatics that splits data into orthogonal components to help identify clustering of genes.
What is principal component analysis (PCA)?
Freddie Mercury attributed his enhanced vocal range to this.
What are his FOUR EXTRA TEETH?
The inactivation of this tumor suppressor in about half of human cancer types and its role in regulating dynamic cell processes has made this gene a hot topic in cancer research.
What is p53?
One of the earliest types of sequencing algorithms, named after a type of gun, that compiles DNA sequences by comparing the overlap between short DNA fragments called reads.
What is shotgun sequencing?
The definition of Glossophobia.
What is the fear of public speaking?
Name a device that is used to help the heart with its pumping function
What is a VAD?