Experiments
Cell Basics
Cancer
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This viability assay uses DMSO to solubilize formazan crystals. 

What is the MTT assay?

100

Cell line used in BMES 3024

What are 4T1 cells?

100

Type of breast cancer that is hardest to treat

What is Triple Negative Breast Cancer?

100

Farm animal that Dr. Tate has at her house

What are chickens?

200

Fluorescent plate based assay used to assess protein secretion in cells

What is an ELISA?

200

Biosafety level of cell line used in BMES 3024

What is BSL-1?

200

Chemotherapy that is often used to treat breast cancer

What is Doxorubicin?

200

How many numbers are present in the English alphabet

What is zero?

300

Solution used to prevent ice crystal formation during cell freezing

What is DMSO?

300

Number of passages that can be performed on the cell line used in BMES 3024

What is up to 60 passages?

300
Growth factor that contributes to blood vessel formation in cancer

What is VEGF?

300

Largest organ in the human body

What is skin?

400

End result of reverse transcription

What is copy DNA?

400

Flow of genetic information in cells

What is DNA to RNA to Protein?

400

Two hormones that can play a role in certain breast cancers

What are progesterone and estrogen?

400

First animal to be cloned

Who is Dolly the sheep?

500

Tool and solution used to lyse cells

What are cell scraper and MPER?

500

Four people responsible for the discovery of DNA

Who are Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin?

500

Mechanism by which Doxorubicin kills breast cancer cells

What is increases reactive oxygen species and inhibits topoisomerase II DNA repair

500

Year that Enter Sandman started being used at VT football games

What is 2000?
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