It is a chemical hormone that regulated blood glucose levels
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Name 3 ways to treat diabetes or insulin deficiency
Injection, oral, and inhalation of insulin
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What is type 1 diabetes?
The body has low insulin or cannot use insulin that is produced
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What bacteria is primarily used to insert insulin into a person that is insulin deficient?
E-Coli
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What animal was involved in the isolation of insulin?
A dog
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What is hypoglycemia?
Low blood sugar
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What treatment was discontinued in 2007?
Inhalation of insulin
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What is type 2 diabetes?
The body is unable to PRODUCE insulin
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What plant produces insulin?
Safflower
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What organ can insulin be found in?
The pancreas
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What is hyperglycemia?
High blood sugar due to low or no insulin production
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What is another way/type of treatment, other than the standard 3 (oral, injection, inhalation), that help people with insulin deficiency?
Bioengineering, primary use of bacteria is E-Coli
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What is insulin resistance?
Cells fail to respond normally to the hormone insulin
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What country is currently researching on biopharming, in order to "grow" insulin?
UK
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What were the two hypotheses about insulin?
1. Secretion of pancreatic juice is not released into the digestive tract &
2. a chemical messenger is secreted by the pancreas and controls blood glucose
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What are 2 complications that can cause hypo and hyperglycemia?
Wrong intake of insulin med, damage to pancreas, severe illness in pancreas, deficient in insulin
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What year was the treatment of insulin deficiency through inhalation continued again?
2015
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What body systems does insulin deficiency affect?
Immune and digestive system
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How can u personally maintain your blood sugar level?
Exercise, play sports, morning jog, etc.
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When was insulin "first" discovered by Banting
1921
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What part of your body dies first, due to repeated episodes of hypoglycemia?
Brain, or nervous system
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When insulin was found, it gave people with diabetes a chance to live normal lives. Due to this amazing discovery, 2 scientists were awarded the noble prize. Who were they?
Fredrick Banting, and Macleod
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Are terms related to low and high blood sugar?
Hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia
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What are the processes of using E-Coli to inject insulin, and extracting insulin from safflowers called?