Gene Therapy
Editing DNA of cells while inside the body
What is in vivo?
The first species of mammal to be cloned
What is a sheep?
This method of regenerative medicine works for very short distances (1cm) for flat or tubular structures.
What is bridging?
The first transgenic organism
What is a bacteria?
The meaning of "nano"
What is a billionth?
The agent for delivering DNA (or RNA) when using a vector method
What is a virus?
The name of the first mammal to be cloned
Who was Dolly?
The organ most needed by patients on the organ transplant list
What is a kidney?
Gene edited mice are examples of this use for transgenics
What is model of disease?
The place where nanofabrication occurs in order to prevent airborne particle contamination
What is a clean room?
The most effective method in use today to edit single or multiple genes
What is CRISPR?
When a cloned blastocyst is implanted into the uterus of a surrogate to create an organism
What is reproductive cloning?
The name for laying down layer after layer of cells to create a solid organ
What is bio-printing?
(will also accept 3D printing)
A tissue or organ from another species that can be transplanted into humans
What is a xenograft?
The name for "bottom up" nanofabrication
What is self-assembly?
The name for gene editing sperm, eggs, or a zygote
What is germline?
The year that reproductive cloning is mammals was first accomplished
What is 1996?
This biomaterial is used to shape, hold and deliver organs into the body, especially tubular and hollow organs
What is a scaffold?
The name for genetic material that has been altered by combining different species' genes
What is recombinant DNA?
The term for nanoparticle waste building up over time within a species
What is bioaccumulation?
The first genetic condition to be cured in patients using CRISPR
What is sickle cell anemia?
The full name of the cloning method used today.
What is Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer?
The place where cells are grown and "exercised" before being placed into the body
What is a bioreactor?
The government agency that houses paperwork for transgenically created organisms
What is the US Patent and Trademark Office?
The name for "top down" nanofabrication
What is lithography?