Regenerative Medicine

Pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) are reprogrammed adult cells produced in a lab to take on characteristics of which type of stem cell?

• somatic stem cells

• tissue-specific stem cells

• embryonic stem cells

• mesenchymal stem cells

The first reports of successful mammal cloning date to the:

• 18th century.

• 19th century.

• 20th century.

• 21st century.

Regenerative medicine relies heavily on the use of:

• organs harvested from animals.

• human organ donations.

• clones.

• stem cells.

Adult stem cells are to be harvested and transplanted into a patient. Where would these cells most likely be found?

• in an embryo

• in muscle tissue

• in human bone marrow

• in a clone

Scientists implant genetic information from one species into another to create a customized strain of mice for research. What are these scientists creating?

• transgenic microorganisms

• transgenic animals

• genetic mutations

• pharmaceutical modifications

In regenerative medicine, once the biomaterial matrix is developed, the scaffolds must be able to:

• leave.

• be made smaller.

• dissolve.

• remain unchanged.

Adult stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are also known as:

• somatic stem cells.

• embryonic stem cells.

• pluripotent stem cells.

• hematopoietic stem cells.

Somatic stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are also called:

• embryonic stem cells.

• adult stem cells.

• totipotent stem cells.

• zygote stem cells.

Reproductive cloning is also called:

• somatic cell nuclear transfer.

• adult stem cell transfer.

• nucleic acid recombination.

• protein synthesis.

Implanting a gene from one organism into an embryo will create a:

• xenograph.

• transgenic animal.

• new species.

• mutant.