Cells & DNA
This molecule is known as the "blueprint of life."
What is DNA?
This type of medicine fights bacteria, not viruses.
What are antibiotics?
This clear liquid part of blood is often used to make therapies.
What is plasma?
This woman was famous for discovering the structure of DNA through X-ray images.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
This is the largest organ in the human body.
What is the skin?
This organelle is called the "powerhouse of the cell" because it makes energy.
What is mitochondria?
Vaccines work by training this body system to fight infections.
What is the immune system?
Scientists use this tool to cut DNA at specific spots, like "molecular scissors."
What is CRISPR?
These two scientists are credited with building the first DNA double helix model.
Who are Watson and Crick?
This animal was the first cloned mammal, created in 1996.
What is Dolly the sheep?
Humans have this many pairs of chromosomes.
What is 23?
This famous biopharma company made the first widely available COVID-19 mRNA vaccine with BioNTech.
What is Pfizer?
This cloning method uses special restriction enzymes to create matching overhangs so DNA fragments can be joined in a precise order.
What is Golden Gate cloning?
This scientist discovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic.
Who is Alexander Fleming?
The average adult human body is made up of about 60% of this substance.
What is water?
Changing the DNA sequence of an organism is called this.
What is genetic engineering?
Insulin helps people with this disease control their blood sugar.
What is diabetes?
Bacteria are often used in labs to make this type of protein medicine, such as insulin.
What are recombinant proteins?
He is considered the "father of genetics" for his pea plant experiments.
Who is Gregor Mendel?
This blood type is called the "universal donor" because anyone can receive it.
What is O negative?
These cell structures are like "factories" that make proteins.
What are ribosomes?
This type of medicine can reduce swelling, pain, and fever, and is often called an anti-inflammatory.
What is ibuprofen?
This is the process of copying a gene into RNA, the first step of making a protein.
What is transcription?
This scientist developed the polio vaccine in the 1950s.
Who is Jonas Salk?
This device sprays tiny droplets of liquid through electricity to count cells or measure fluorescence.
What is a flow cytometer?