Transcript Slide 1

Glorious
glands
Pathology
Biotech
Bonanza
It’s in the
Genes
This &
That
Disease
Detectives
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Next round
Glorious glands 100
hormone produced by
pituitary gland often
misused by athletes
Ans: What is growth hormone?
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Glorious glands 200
Hormone produced by the
islets of Langerhans
Ans: What is insulin?
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Glorious glands 300
Hormones that are
released during fight or
flight response
Ans: What are
epinehrine/norepinephrine or
adrenaline/noradrenaline?
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Glorious glands 400
Too much growth
hormone during childhood
Ans: What giantism?
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Glorious glands 500
Hormone that controls
internal clock
Ans: What is melatonin?
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Pathology 100
Objective abnormalities
Ans: What are signs?
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Pathology 200
Subjective abnormalities
Ans: What are symptoms?
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Pathology 300
Cancer specialist
Ans: What is an oncologist?
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Pathology 400
Pattern of a disease’s
development
Ans: What is pathogenesis?
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Pathology 500
Seven warning signs of
cancer
Ans: What are sores that don’t heal, unusual
bleeding, change in wart, lump, persistant cough,
chronic indigestion, change in bowel function?
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Biotech Bonanza 100
“start” end of
electrophoresis has this
charge
Ans: What is negative?
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Biotech Bonanza 200
The end of the gel
where you find smallest
pieces of DNA
Ans: What is the positive end or
“finish” line?
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Biotech Bonanza 300
Scissors used to cut
DNA
Ans: What are restriction
enzymes?
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Biotech Bonanza 400
Small circular pieces of
bacterial DNA
Ans: What is a plasmid?
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Biotech Bonanza 500
The steps of genetically
engineering a protein
Ans: What are 1. isolating gene and
plasmid, 2. restriction digest, 3. ligation,
4. transformation,5. fermentation, 6.
harvesting (lysing) and 7.purification, ?
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It’s in the Genes 100
Protein product used
to treat diabetes
made by this gene
Ans: What is insulin gene?
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It’s in the Genes 200
gene that promotes
tumors
Ans: What is an oncogene?
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It’s in the Genes 300
Technique to determine
all of your entire genetic
makeup
Ans: What is genome sequencing?
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It’s in the Genes 400
Test to determine extra
chromosomes during
pregnancy
Ans: What is aminocentesis
and/or Chorionic Villi Sampling?
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It’s in the Genes 500
The reason that Valerie’s normal
tissue had more bands in the
DNA fingerprint compared to the
tumor sample
Ans: What 2 different alleles compared to 2
mutant alleles?
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This & That 100
Over secretion of a
hormome
Ans: What is hypersecretion?
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This & That
200
Under secretion of a
hormone
Ans: What is hyposecretion?
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This & That 300
Master gland
Ans: What is the pituitary gland?
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This & That
400
How bpa affects the
endocrine system
Ans: What is acting as an endocrine
disruptor, mimicking estrogen, possible link
to diabetes?
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This & That 500
Hypothalamus sends more thyroid
releasing hormome to pituitary which
sends more thyroid stimulating
hormone to thyroid which releases
more thyroxine then hypothalamus
sends less TRH….
Ans: What is a negative feedback loop?
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Disease detectives 100
5 Types of pathogenic
organisms
Ans: What are bacteria, viruses,
protozoa, fungi, animals?
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Disease detectives 200
3 ways to get rid of
pathogens
Ans: What is disinfection,
antisepsis, antibiotics,
sterilization?
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Disease detectives 300
Epidemic that spans a
large geographical area
Ans: What is a pandemic?
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Disease detectives 400
3 Risk factors for
acquiring disease
Ans: What are age, genetics,
lifestyle, environment, preexisting conditon?
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Disease detectives 500
Difference between a
tumor suppressor gene
and an oncogene
Ans: What is suppressor prevents
cancer growth and oncogene promotes
tumor growth?
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DAILY
DOUBLE
Final Jeopardy
Category: Biotechnology
A gene studied that has been
linked to cancer
(and its gene type)
Ans: What is p53 and tumor
suppressor gene?