Unit 1: Infections
List three categories of medical interventions and give an example of each.
What is diagnosis, prevention, treatment?
A region of DNA composted of short, repeated sequence of nucleotides located directly next to each other is known as
What are short, tandem repeats (STPs)?
How breast cancer is diagnosed by a doctor.
What is a mammogram?
This is the name of organ transplantation across two different species.
What is xenotransplantation?
The category of cancer that begins in the skin or tissues that line or cover internal organs.
What is carcinoma?
This is the protein that is the major component of a bacterial cell membrane.
What is peptidoglycan?
This is the name of the allele combination that you receive for a given trait?
What is a genotype?
What is an MRI?
The name of the surgical procedure using trocars that removes the barrier of physical hands during transplant procedures.
What is laparoscopy?
The name of the structure of the ear that interprets physical sound waves into electrical signals for interpretation by the brain.
What is the auditory nerve?
The name for the outside of the ear.
What is the pinna?
The medical intervention that allows medical professionals to correct a defective gene or insert a non-defective gene.
What is gene therapy?
What are the two types of blood cancers?
What are lymphomas and leukemias?
What part of the heart moves deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs?
What is the pulmonary artery?
This viral vector is primarily used to transport RNA into a host.
What is retrovirus?
This type of medication works on most bacterial infections, but should not be used to treat viral infections.
What is an antibiotic?
Assistive reproductive technology that helps to identify genetic defects in embryos prior to implantation.
What is PGD/Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis?
The type of treatment that tailors the treatment to the individual patient to ensure no recurrence.
The name of the legislation that outlines transplant allocation policies?
What is NOTA?
Bonus - National Organ Transplant Act
This technique is used to determine the amount of mRNA production between two genes.
What is DNA microarray?
My starting concentration is 200 mg/mL. I add 10mL of solution to a tube that already contains the 10mL of solution. What would the concentration in the 4th tube be?
What is 12.5mg/mL?
A unique technology that enables geneticists and medical researchers to edit parts of the genome by removing, adding or altering sections of the DNA sequence.
What is CRISPR-Cas9?
This type of treatment uses your body's own immune system to help fight cancer.
What is immunotherapy?
The four primary things that are prioritized when deciding a recipient for an organ donor.
What are compatibility, age, wait time, and geographical distance?
The type of hearing loss associated with the outer/middle ear, usually temporary.
What is conductive hearing loss?