Transgenic Vocab Introduction

Scaffold is

• the first step to building a new heart

• the first step to building a new organ using regenerative medicine

• describes all DNA

• genetically modified organisms

Transgenic means

• cancer cells

• applies only to cats

• a chemical process that only takes place in a lab

• genes can be transferred to one organism from another

Stem cell research involves

• are biological cells that can differentiate into other types of cells and can divide to produce more of the same type of stem cells

• the illegal use of cells to create new hair, new bone material, new blood, or new tissues

• is only used in cancer patients

• can not be used in adults

Human genome project is

• a national project to identify and map genes

• is being used to identify and map all genes in the human genome

• was stopped due to ethical considerations

• is unsuccessful

____is a plant, animal, microorganism or other organism whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic engineering or transgenic technology

• DNA

• microorganism

• scaffold

• Genetically Modified Organism

Somatic stem cells

• are only found in chickens

• are adult stem cells

• do not come from fully developed human being

• are part of radiation therapy

Pluripotent cells

• are not used in biomedical research

• can not be reprogrammed adult cells

• can give rise to all of the cell types that make up the body and includes embryonic stem cells

• are unable to reproduce

Embryonic stem cells

• stem cells derived from the undifferentiated inner mass cells of a human embryo.

• can not be made into muscles or bones

• are not types of stem cells

• do not exist

A nanoparticle is

• is a microscopic particle with at least one dimension less than 100 nm

• is not being used in biomedical technology

• does not exist

• is only used for research with cats

A xenograft

• is totipotent

• is pharming

• occurs when scientists are able to use an organ from another species for transplantation

• is a promotor