Organisms that contain another species' genes within their chromosomes
What are transgenic animals?
100
These exist in very small numbers in the human body ..
What is adult stem cells?
100
Where the fist transgenic organisms were created ..
What is the laboratory?
100
To produce embryonic stem cells ..
What is the goal of therapeutic cloning?
100
The first cloned mammal (1997)
What is Dolly the sheep?
200
Microorganisms were used to make cheese, bake bread, and brew beer.
What is an early historical example of biotechnology?
200
.. Blood stem cells that reside in the bone marrow
What is the most accessible adult stem cells?
200
The collection on scientific techniques that use living cells and molecules to make products and solve problems
What is biotechnology?
200
To create a new organism, human or animal ...
What is the goal of reproductive cloning?
200
Very few scientists feel that this should be done
What is reproductive cloning?
300
The first transgenic organisms ..
What is bacteria?
300
.. Constantly make red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets throughout life.
What is blood stem cells?
300
.. must apply for a patent from the US Patent and Trademark Office
What is what biomedical researchers must do before the seek to create a transgenic animal?
300
Cloned newborns are 20-30% larger than usual ..
What is large offspring syndrome?
300
This is favored by most scientists ..
What is therapeutic cloning?
400
.. use transgenic bacteria to produce insulin (among other things)
What are pharmaceutical companies?
400
.. an adult stem cell transfusion may be needed
What is when radiation treatment for cancer has destroyed the person's stem cells?
400
.. where transgenic animals are used to produce insulin and other substances in medicine
What is pharming?
400
The success rate is very low; A vast majority of problems occur during fetal development; additional problems may show up after birth of years later ..
What is obstacles to reproductive cloning using animals?
400
.. Therapeutic cloning
What is the production of embryonic stem cells that could be used to treat disease?
500
The most common animal found in biotechnology research labs
What is mice?
500
.. a bone marrow transplant might be needed
What is when high-dose cancer chemotherapy destroys adult stem cells?
500
There is a limited success rate when organs are transplanted from an organ donor of a different species because of this ..
What is rejection?
500
A precise genetic copy ..
What is a clone? (Ha. I bet you thought this was going to be really difficult, didn't you?)
500
There is no evidence suggesting success with this ..