Applications of Biotechnology
Applications of Biotechnology: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Biotechnological Applications in Medicine, Gene Therapy, ELISA and Adenosine deaminase Deficiency.
Important Questions on Applications of Biotechnology
The use of DNA as a pharmaceutical agent to treat disease is called:
ELISA is used for:
An example of gene therapy is
The steps involved in the production of human insulin (humulin) are given below. Choose the correct sequence
(i) Purification of humulin.
(ii) Culturing recombinant E.coli in bioreactors.
(iii) Synthesis of the gene (DNA) for human insulin artificially.
(iv) Insertion of human insulin gene into a plasmid.
(v) Introduction of recombinant plasmid into E.coli.
(vi) Extraction of a recombinant gene product from E.coli.
_____ stem cells are procured from the inner cell mass of the blastocyst.
Insulin was earlier extracted from the pancreas of slaughtered _____ and _____.
Identify the correct statement regarding the application of biotechnology in medicine.
Identify the human growth factors from the following:
The antibiotic Penicillin was discovered by _____.
_____ converts excess glucose to glycogen in liver.
Antibiotic Penicillin is produced by _____ belonging to group _____.
Vaccines that use components of a pathogenic organism rather than the whole organism are called _____.
Raphano brassica is a man-made tetraploid produced by colchicine treatment.
Pathophysiology is the study of altered physiology of host.
Which is the site of production of ADA in the body? Is it Erythrocytes or Lymphocytes?
The use of recombinant protein for the formation of new blood vessels is possible due to the use of tissue plasminogen activator.
The first gene therapy was given to
Identify incorrectly matched scientist and their work:
1) Term biotechnology - Karl Ereky
2) Plasmid was discovered by - Lederberg and Hays
3) Ligases discovered by - Mertz and Davis
4) DNA fingerprinting - French Anderson
5) Tissue culture - Haberlandt
6) Somatic gene therapy (SCID) - Alec Jeffrey and Lalji singh
The study of the altered physiology of the host is called pathophysiology or host physiology?
Fill in the blank with the correct word given in the bracket.
The full form of SCID is _____. (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency/Severe Common Immunodeficiency)
