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Sept 2009 - March 2010

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How many AIDS orphans are there in Africa?   2 Million  
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How many deaths are caused by tuberculosis each year?   5 Million  
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How many deaths are caused by Malaria each year?   3 Million  
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How many deaths are caused by Sleeping Sickness each year?   400,000  
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What is immunity?   The immune system functions to maintain the integrity of the body  
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Small Lymphocyte   Production of antibodies (B Cells) or Cytotoxic and helper functions (T Cells)  
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Dendritic Cells   Activation of T cells initiation of adaptive immune responses  
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Plasma Cells   Fully differentiated form of B cells that secretes antibodies  
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Mast Cell   Expulsion of parasites from body through release of granules containing histamine and other active ingredients  
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Natural Killer Cell   Kills cells infected with certain viruses  
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Monocyte   Circulating precursor cell to a macrophage  
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Neutrophil   Phagocytosis and killing of microorganisms  
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Macrophage   Phagocytosis and killing or microorganisms. Activation or T cells and innitiation or immune responses  
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Eosinophil   Killing of antibody-coated parasites through release of granule contents  
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Megakaryocyte   Platelet formation, wound repair  
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Basophil   Controlling immune responses to parasites  
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Erythrocyte   Oxygen transport  
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Threats from the outside   Bacteria Parasites Viruses Aliens Other human cells  
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Threats from within   Tumours Autoimmunity  
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Hematopoisis   Formation of blood cells  
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Stem cells   (In bone marrow) Rare pluripotent cells capable of self-renewal  
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Pluripotent   A pluripotent cell can create all cell types  
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Monocytes   Short lived in the blood, differentiate to marcrophages & dendritic cells. Become tissue-fixed.  
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Types of Monocytes   Osteoclasts (bones) Glial Cells (brain) Kuppfer Cells (liver) Alverlar macrophages (lung)  
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Antigen Presenting Cells (ACP)   Ingest microbes, destroy, digest. Process antigen, present antigen  
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APC's present the antigen in the secondary lymphoid organs such as...   Lymph nodes Spleen Adenoids/Tonsils Appendix Peyers Patches  
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Type A can receive   Type A and Type O  
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Type B can receive   Type B and Type O  
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Type O can receive   Type O only (universal donor)  
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Type AB can receive   Type A, B and O (universal recipient)  
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Our circulation works at?   high pressure  
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Fluid leaks from the capillaries into?   Spaces surrounding tissues  
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Primary Lymphoid Organs   Bone marrow and Thymus  
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Where do all lymphoid cells originate?   Bone Marrow  
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Where to T lymphocytes mature?   Thymus  
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Act as filters and catch anything that shouldn't be there   Secondary Lymphoid Organs  
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Secondary Lymphoid Organs   Lymph Nodes Spleen Peyer's Patches Appendix Tonsils  
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Humoral Immunity   Antibodies  
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Extracellular Organisms   Bacteria & Viruses/Parasites  
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Cell Mediated Immune Response (Natural killer cells, T killer cells, macrophages)   1. Tumor & 2. Virus infected cells/parasite-infected cells  
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Antigen named after it's discovery in the Rhesus monkey, Also found in humans   Rh Factor  
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Rh Factor - First Pregnancy (Rh- female, Rh+ male)   No problem  
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Rh factor - Second Pregnancy (Rh- female, Rh+ male)   Big problem  
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Rh Factor (What happens with the antibodies?)   Antibodies made by mother against erythrocytes of the child, recognize the Rh antigen and lyse the erythrocytes of the next developing fetus  
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Blood typing of the parents and administration of the anti-Rh antibodies to remove antigen (red cells) from mother    
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Proteins secreted by stimulated B lymphocytes (plasma cells). Different kinds have different functions   Antibodies (ABS)  
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Different kids of antibodies   IgM, IgD, IgG, IgA, IgE  
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People with blood type A have __ antigens on the erythrocyte surfaces   A  
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People with blood type B have __ antigens on the erythrocyte surfaces   B  
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People with blood type AB have __ antigens on the erythrocyte surfaces   Both  
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People with blood type O have __ antigens on the erythrocyte surfaces   Neither  
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Type A: Tolerant of "A" antigens but have antibodies to "B", Therefore a person of Type A...   Cannot accept blood from type B or AB donor  
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We make immune response to arising cancer cells - these are eliminated from the body   Immunosurveillance  
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Immunosurveillance First line of defense   Macrophages and Natural Killer (NK) cells  
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Immunosurveillance Second line of defense   T Cytotoxic lymphocytes (T killer cells)  
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Develop when transformed cells "sneak through" the immune system   Tumors  
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Cells of colon cancers and in embryos (CEA)   Carcinoembryonic Antigen  
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Liver Cancers (AFP)   Alpha-fetoprotein  
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Ca 27-29   Breast Cancers  
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Ca 125   Ovarian Cancer  
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Can be caused by a normal response to a pathogen that has antigens with the same structure as self molecules   Autoimmunity  
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Cause rheumatic fever and sometimes damages heart muscle due to anti-strep antibodies   Streptococcal  
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Breakdown or tolerance to self molecules   True Autoimmunity  
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Autoimmunity results as a consequence of a normal immune response to an infection and the antibodies or cells accidentally react with self molecules   A Misnomer  
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10x higher frequency in females than males Antibodies are made to platelets, other cells, histones, DNA Estrogen - Hormonally linked expressions to the disease   Systemic Lupus Erythmatosis (SLE)  
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T killer cells attack myelin protein (myelin sheath, insulation to nerves)   Multiple Sclerosis  
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- Frequent in females 40-60 years old - Body makes rheumatoid factor, IgM anti-IgG - Complexes deposit in joints causing inflammation. Like having bits of glass in your joints.   Rheumatoid Arthritis  
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Surgical procedures developed by 1900. Viennese surgeon observed that he could surgically remove a kidney and put it back into the same animal in a procedure called _________?   Transplantation  
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Transplant from one area of a patient to another   Autograft  
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Transplant between genetically identical people   Isograft  
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Transplant between members of the same species   Allograft  
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Transplant between different species   Xenograft  
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Working with burn patients in WW2 noticed that autografts were accepted but allografts were not and that a 2nd allograft from the same donor was rejected faster   Peter Medawar  
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Humans are composed of dozens of different types of tissues, each composed of discrete units called?   Cells  
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About ___ different functional types of cells in humans   200  
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Two types of Cells   Prokaryote & Eukaryote  
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- Complex intracellular structure - Contains organelles (nucleus, mitochondria)   Eukaryote  
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Relatively simple cell No nucleus Eg. Bacteria   Prokaryote  
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Simple Unicellular organisms may be _______   Prokaryotic or Eukaryotic  
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Complex multicellular organisms may be _____   Only Eukaryotes  
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Estimated total number of cells in human body?    
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Organized, highly condensed (supercoiled) unit of DNA. Usually single copy in bacteria (haploid)   Prokaryotic Nucleoid  
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The genome is organized as _______   Chromosomes  
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Human cells contain __ pairs of chromosomes (diploid)   23  
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These people solved the structure of DNA   James Watson & Francis Crick  
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These people prove that genes are composed of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)   Oswald Avery, Maclyn McCarty and Colin MacLeod  
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Each strand or DNA is made of a string of ______   Nucleotides  
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Each _______ is composed of a sugar-phosphate backbone and a Base   Nucleotide  
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4 Different Types of Bases In DNA   Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine, Thymine  
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2 DNA strands are held together by weak _______ _____   Hydrogen Bonds  
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First Objective of the Human Genome Project   Determine the sequence of the 4 bases in human DNA  
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3 Stages of Human Clinical Trials   Stage 1: Is drug safe for humans? Stage 2: Does drug work for it's intended purpose? Stage 3: How does new drug compare with other available treatments?  
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Experiment where subjects are not informed of type of treatment they receive   Blind Experiment  
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Experiment where neither subject or experimenter is informed of treatment type   Double Blind  
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Diverse group of food supplements claimed to have medical benifits   Neutraceuticals  
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Based on genomic regions containing Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTR)   DNA Fingerprinting  
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Recognition sites for restriction enzymes   Cleavage Sites  
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Performed on a rectangular slab of gel composed of aragose, a carbohydrate extracted from kelp   Aragose Gel Electrophoresis  
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During Aragose Gel Electrophoresis, DNA molecules always move towards the _______   Anode +  
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All _________ carry complete genome   Somatic Cells  
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One of the 2 DNA strands used as template for synthesis of complimentary strand of mRNA   Transcription  
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Information on mRNA is decoded into amino acid sequence of a protein on ribosomes   Translation  
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Chain of nucleotides sythesized by ___ _______ from template strand of DNA   RNA Polymerase  
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Single stranded Ribose instead of deoxyribose Thymine replaced by uracil   mRNA  
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Each sequence of 3 bases in RNA   Codon  
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A set of 64 three-letter combinations called “codons” used to decode genes into proteins   The Genetic Code  
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Two common applications of gene chips   1. DNA-based diagnostic tests 2. Study of gene expression patterns in cells  
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Unique enzyme used to synthesize cDNA from mRNA template   Reverse Transcriptase  
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cDNA labeled by using nucleotides tagged with __________?   Fluorescent Dye  
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Gene Chip: Colourless means?   Unexpressed genes  
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Gene Chip: Coloured spots mean?   Expressed genes  
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Microarray analysis: What colour are the genes expressed only in normal cells?   Green  
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Microarray analysis: What colour are the genes expressed only in cancer cells?   Red  
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Microarray analysis: What colour are the genes unexpressed in normal and cancer cells?   No colour  
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Replacing a bad gene with a good one from a normal person to cure problem   Gene Therapy  
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Simplest viruses composed of __________ surrounding genome   Protein coats  
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Professional cell break-in artists Cell dependent Professional Gene couriers (Leave genes at every crime scene)   Viruses  
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Genes usually incorporated into host chromosome at   Very low efficiency  
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Used as gene delivery tools   Retroviruses  
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Inside living body; Cells genetically modified directly in patient   In Vivo  
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Outside living body; Appropriate cells taken from patient, genetically modified, and then returned to patient   Ex Vivo  
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First human disease to be successfully treated by gene therapy Single gene defect   Severe Combined ImmunoDeficiency (SCID)  
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Cells involved in immunity are derived from?   Bone Marrow Stem Cells  
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Detects mutations that cause a disease or may predispose an individual to a disease   DNA Test  
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Bonds between DNA strands are broken and separated by heating   Denaturation  
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2 DNA strands are cooled and allowed to bond with cooling   Hybridization or Annealing  
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Most common fatal genetic disease in north american Caucasians Caused by mutations in single gene   Cystic Fibrosis  
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CF mutations are _______ meaning both parents must carry one mutant gene to pass disease to children   Recessive  
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Late onset, involves progressive destruction of tissue in nervous system resulting in loss of motor and cognitive function   Huntington's Disease  
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HD mutation is ________ meaning only one parent needs to have one copy of the gene   Dominant  
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HD gene encodes protein known as?   Huntingtin  
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Mutant huntingtin undergoes _______ but normal huntingtin does noe   cleavage  
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Areas containing a single base variation in DNA sequence   SNP  
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Stages of embryonic development   1. Sperm fertilizes egg 2. 2-Cell stage 3. 4 cell stage 4. Blastocyst stage  
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Genetically altered   Transgenic  
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Method for creating genetically altered mice   1. Modified cloned gene injected into nucleus of fertilized egg 2. Gene spliced into chromosome of embryo at low frequency 3. Resulting "transgenic embryo" implanted into surrogate mother.  
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Two common ways to identify function of disease gene in animals   1. Mutate cloned gene to mimic sequence of human diseased gene 2. Completely destroy gene in genome (gene knockout)  
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What are Fibroblasts?   Elongated cells  
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____________ are the only cells that can't be grown in a lab   Nervous system cells  
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People with __________ lack insulin-producing beta cells of pancreas   Type 1 diabetes  
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_______ regulates blood sugar metabolism   Insulin  
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Type 1 diabetes is an _____________ where immune system destroys pancreatic beta cells   Autoimmune  
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Discovered insulin   Frederick Banting and Charles Best  
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Produced purified insulin from cows pancreas   Bertram Collip  
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Problems with porcine and bovine insulin?   - Low yields - Hard to purify, contaminants caused allergic reactions  
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First genetically engineered medication to be licensed for human use   Recombinant Human Insulin  
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A change in the nucleotide sequence of DNA. The 0.1% difference in individuals   Polymorphism  
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A region that can have more than one form or sequence   Polymorphic Region  
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Occur 1 in every 100-300 bases, mostly in junk with no known effect   SNP's  
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Branch of the human genome project. Objective: Assemble a catalog of all human SNP's   International HapMap Project  
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Differentiate into different cell types (brain, skin nerve) Diploid   Somatic Cells  
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Carry 2 copies of each chromosome   Diploid Cells  
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Sperm of Ova Haploid Cells   Germ (Reproductive) Cells  
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Carry single copies of each chromosome   Haploid Cells  
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Involves dissecting individual intact genes from genome   Cloning Genes  
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Protein that carries out a chemical reaction   Enzyme  
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A large molecule made up of smaller building blocks (monomers)   Polymer  
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Cut DNA at specific sequences of bases, found in bacteria   Restriction Nucleases  
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Gene is inserted into a ________ to create recombinant DNA   Vector  
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Example of a vector   Plasmid  
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A system for naming organisms. First name: Genus, Second: Species.   Binomial Nomenclature  
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Genes from different organisms that share similar function   Homologs  
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Finding homologs by computer-assisted identification of similar sequences on genomes of different organisms   Comparative Genomics  
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Possess human homologs   Model organisms  
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99% of mouse and human genes are   homologs  
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A _______ is an excellent model organism to study humans   Mouse  
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About 60% of genes involved in roughly 300 human diseases also occur in?   Fruit flies  
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Easy to grow in lab Unicellular eukatyote   Bakers Yeast  
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Fast life cycle: 6 Weeks from germination to seed. Allows one to perform plant genetic experiments quickly   Mustard Weed  
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Cannot be cultured in lab   Syphilis  
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Polymer composed of monomers called amino acids   Protein  
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__ different amino acids occur in proteins   20  
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Sequence of amino acids determines _____ of protein   Shape  
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Shape of Protein, determines it's function   Conformation  
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All proteins assume their shapes through process known as?   Folding  
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Each sequence of 3 bases is a?   Gene  
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There are about ______ genes   25,000  
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2 Forms of Junk DNA   1. Duplications 2. Repetitions  
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The genetic switches that regulate the expression of genes   Junk DNA  
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