Regenerative medicine
When using donor organs, the patient’s body may _______ it while regenerative medicine increases the chance of patients accepting the organs.
reject
How many steps are there in the process of growing a kidney?
six
Nano is a prefix means __________ in Greek, which means “very small”.
dwarf
Using regenerative medicine can benefit the patients in the sense that it lasts longer than a donor organ. True, False or Not Given?
Not given
Separating the kidney cells from blood vessel cells is step number____
Step 2
Nanotechnology also prove potential in treating cancers by reducing _____________of the treatments.
side effects
_________________ has had long term success for young patients with spina bifida.
A. bioartificial heart
B. bioengineered bladder
C. artificial kidney
B. bioengineered bladder
In step 3, we have to ___________ the sorted cells from step 2 in lab cultures.
multiply
Nano is short for nanometer, one-______________ of a meter.
A. millionth
B. trillionth
C. billionth
C. billionth
Regenerative medicine is mostly limited to procedures such as growing ___________ on burn wounds.
(sheet of) skin
A scaffold is made by washing a pig kidney by mild detergent until all the pig cells are gone and only tough collagen remains.
What are nanoshells?
Nanoshells are balls which are made of tiny silica covered with gold.
What are two benefits of regenerative medicine?
Shorter waiting time for donated organs.
Higher chance of patient's body accepting the new organ.
In step 5, at which temperature are the growing tissues incubated?
37 ℃ (98.6 ℉)
Using nanotechnology to treat cancers can help kill cancer cells while leaving___________________ unharmed.
healthy tissues