Provides building blocks for all types of research
What is Basic Research
100
Century of the first genetically cloned mammal
What is the 20th century
100
The leading cause of death in the United States
What is Heart Disease
100
Protects you from diseases including viruses, bacteria, protozoans and worms
What is Your Immune System
100
short for deoxyribonucleic acid
What is DNA
200
in glass testing, takes place in an artificial enviornment
What is In Virto
200
metric system prefix meaning one-billionth
What is "nano"
200
action taken to lower the chance of getting cancer
What is Cancer Prevention
200
site where the infectious agent survives
What is a disease reserviors
200
produce traits such as height, weight, hair color, eye color, etc.
What is a gene
300
Directed toward specific objectives, most commonly conducted on animals
What is Applied Research
300
3 main types of cloning
What is gene cloning, reproductive cloning, therapeutic cloning
300
PSA test, skin exams, CA-125 tests, Mammography are examples of what
What is a Screening
300
when a pathogen can live outside its host for a long period of time before infecting another individual
What is Indirect Contact
300
The only person that could have the exact DNA make up as you
What is an Identical Twin
400
Total years it takes the FDA to approve a new drug
What is 11-12 years
400
Process in which the concentration of a contaminant increases as it passes up in the food chain
What is Biomagnification
400
a mass of cells, formed of these abnormal cells may remain within the tissue in which it originated
What is a tumor
400
often serves as reservoirs for diseases that infect humans
What is an animal
400
done in an attempt to better understand disease progression and effects of treatments and to learn how to prevent deaths
What is a Clinical Autopsy
500
Discovered Penicillin
Who is Alexander Flemming
500
method that uses the natural properties of molecules and their tendency to organize themselves according to their charge and other features
What is Bottom-up Method
500
ability of cancer cells to penetrate into lymphatic and blood vessels, circulate through the blood stream, and then invade normal tissues elsewhere int eh body
What is Metastasis
500
infectious agent that is passed from person to person in a group
What is Horizontal Transmission
500
analyzes samples from the body to detect the presence of drugs and poisons