Molecular Genetics
This molecule carries genetic instruction from DNA to the ribosome.
What is mRNA?
This part of the cell synthesizes proteins from mRNA and tRNA
What is the ribosome?
This common disease results from insulin resistance or lack of insulin.
What are arteries?
This type of tissue connects muscles to bones
What are tendons?
This antibody invented in the early 20th century revolutionized bacterial infection treatment.
What is Penicillin?
The process of copying DNA into RNA.
What is transcription?
The fluid filled space inside the cell where organelles are suspended.
What is the cytoplasm?
This degenerative brain disorders is characterized by memory loss and plaque buildup.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
What organ does a dialysis machine help when it fails?
What are the kidneys?
What’s the term for editing genes to cure genetic diseases?
What is CRISPR (or gene editing)?
These are the building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
These structures, made of actin, help the cell maintain its shape and move.
What are microfilaments?
This type of cell division, when unregulated, can lead to cancer.
What is mitosis?
insulin is produced in this organ
what is the pancreas?
This test tells if someone has a virus like COVID-19 by detecting its genetic material.
What is a PCR test?
This enzyme unwinds the DNA double helix during replication.
What is helicase?
This double membrane organelle contains its own DNA and is the site of photosynthesis in plant cells.
What is the chloroplast?
Cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in this membrane transport protein.
What is the CFTR, or the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator?
part of the brain responsible for coordination and balance
what is the cerebrum?
Biomedical engineers design these machines to help diagnose brain disorders.
What are EEG or MRI
A 3 nucleotide sequence on mRNA that specifies a particular amino acid.
What is a codon?
This cellular process uses oxygen to convert glucose into ATP.
What is aerobic respiration?
Atherosclerosis primarily affects this type of blood vessel.
What are arteries?
type of muscle found on internal organ walls
smooth muscle
This is the name of the wearable technology that can monitor blood oxygen saturation.
What is a pulse oximeter?