Experimental Design
Federal Regulations
Acronyms
DNA Structure and Restriction
Transformation and Genetic Engineering
100

The part of an experiment that remains unchanged to provide a standard of comparison

Control

100
What is the primary difference between Clinical and Preclinical trials?

Clinical trials involve human testing

100

This federal agency is responsible for the regulation of the production of pharmaceuticals in the United States

FDA - Food and Drug Administration

100

These circular extrachromosomal DNA fragments found in bacteria are useful in engineering specific traits to be expressed.

Plasmids

100

A cell that has its cell membrane made permeable either through heat or via a bacteriophage has undergone this process.

Lysis

200

In an experimental study, how many variables would be ideal to change in order to ensure the most accurate results

1

200

Preclinical trials primarily test for what aspect of a new drug/product?

Safety

200

All CGMPs are derived from this federal regulatory code.

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

200

These end products of translation allow for traits in organisms to be expressed.

Amino Acids/Proteins
200

This method of transformation involves using bacteriophages to transfer genetic material

Transduction

300

A study that involves following a cohort and recording their health outcomes related to smoking habits is what type of study?

Observational Cohort

300

The application of items such as SOPs, Safety Documentation, and laboratory notebook documentation are most applicable at this stage of drug development.

Preclinical trials

300

These best practices regulate stages of drug development such as lab procedures, manufacturing, and documentation

CGXPs

Current Good Practices

300

The direction of movement within electrophoresis occurs because of this specific trait of DNA

Negative Charge

300
The most common temperatures for maintaining buffers during transformation is (C)

37 Celsius

400

This part of a research study communicates the raw data and findings of an experimental or observational study

Results

400

Individuals within this team/department are responsible for seeing that all other departments are compliant with federal regulations

Quality Assurance (QA)

400

This document must be submitted to the FDA for new synthetic pharmaceutical products.

NDA - New Drug Application

400

These short DNA strands are formed while synthesizing DNA in the lagging strands.

Okazaki Fragments

400

Transfection is a form of DNA transformation used to transform which types of cells

Eukaryotic

500

This value in a statistical analysis is meant to determine the chance of whether the outcome of your data occurred by random chance

P-Value

500

Phase 3 Clinical Trials are meant to test which element of a drug

Efficacy

500

Translate the following sentence.

According thee outlined CGMPs, current SOPs dictate that calibrations should be corrected according to GDP guidelines.  IND applications should also be recorded in our Pre market approval application

Current Good Manufacturing Practices

Standard Operating Procedures

Good Documentation Practices

Investigational New Drug Application

500

This enzyme unwinds DNA during replication

Helicase

500

This method of bacterial transformation involves using small jolts of electricity to create small pores in bacterial cell membranes

Electroporation