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Bio Unit 3 Sec 3 #2

Bio Unit 3 Sec 3 #2: Lec 25 Biotechnology in Medicine

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Using vectors like viruses to deliver healthy genes to cells to help cure diseases Gene Therapy
The most prevalent (#1) genetic disease in the US Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis results in the production of ______ that is too thick and sticky Mucus
Cystic Fibrosis causes problems in the _____ because it increases the chance of respiratory infection and impairs respiratory function Lungs
In Cystic Fibrosis, a ______ gene results in 3 incorrect amino acids used in a chloride channel in mucous membranes Mutated
Cystic Fibrosis the the result of _______ Mutation Deletion
_________ Disease is caused by degeneration of cells and cell death in the basal ganglia area of the brain where dopamine is produced Parkinson's
In Parkinson's disease, the loss of cells causes _______ in the dopamine production, which is needed for communication between the nervous system and ______ Decrease; Muscles
Parkinson's disease results in _______ muscle movements, instability, ______, difficulty speaking, and opening your eyes Jerky; Shaking
Gene therapy has shown _______ in specific types of Parkinson's Improvement
Most people who die from Parkinson's die from ______ failure because the lung muscles fail Respiratory
Discovered the first Antibiotic Alexander Flemming
Flemming discovered antibiotics when he watched a ______ cultures on a petri plate that was contaminated with a mold colony and saw a halo around the mold where the bacteria could not _____ Bacterial; Grow
The mold Flemming saw was ________Chrysogenum and it produced a chemic that ______ the bacteria Penicillium; Killed
The chemical in Penicillium chrysogenum was _______ and called ______ Isolated; Penicillin
Bacteria _____ rapidly and mutate, so new strains evolve continuously that are ______ to Penicillin and other antibiotics Reproduce; Resistant
Biotechnology is used to continuously come up with _____ antibiotics to stay one step ahead of _______ bacteria New; Evolving
Almost _____ bacteria are not resistant to Penicillin All
Gene therapy uses a ______ to infect the cell with a mutated gene by having the virus _____ the gene of choice and produce a healthy version of the gene Virus; Infect
The area around the mold colony where the bacteria could not grow is called the Zone of ______ Inhibition
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