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Genetic Engeneering Flashcards

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Treatment

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Application of medicines or surgery

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To decode

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Convert from code into ordinary language

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Susceptibility

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Sensibility, Anfälligkeit

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Traits

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Eigenschaften, Merkmale

Genetically determined characteristic

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Genetic mutation

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For example if a part of one of your chromosomes is missing you have a genetic mutation

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GMO

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Genetically modified organism

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Stem cells

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Cells in the bone marrow of your spine - Stammzellen

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Heritable disease

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A disease inherit from your ancestors - Erbkrankheit

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To pass sth on to your children

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To give sth to the next generation

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On average

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Calculated by adding several amounts together and then dividing the total by the amount of numbers you’ve added - im Durchschnitt

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Defect

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Not working or having a fault in sth

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PGD

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Pre-implant genetic diagnosis

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DNA

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Desoxyrinonukleinacid

Organic chemical in which genetic information is encoded

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Eugenics

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a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population

“Self direction of human evolution”

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Double helix

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Double-stranded molecule twisted into spiral staircase

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To eradicate a disease

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To reduce a diseases prevalence

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Prevalence

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Häufigkeit, frequency

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Curiosity

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the desire to learn or know about anything

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To carry a faulty gene

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To have a gene that has the traits of a disease or other failures like a mutation

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To increase the risk of developing a disease

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To enlarge the possibility to get a disease

When the possibility to get a disease is getting bigger

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To minimize a risk

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To shrink the possibility of a risk to an amount as small as possible

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Breast cancer

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Cancer (abnormal cell growth) that develops from breast tissue

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Ovarian cancer

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Cancer (abnormal cell growth) that forms in an ovary (ovum-producing reproductive organ)

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Leukemia

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Group of cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow

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Preventive double mastectomy

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Surgery to reduce the risk of breast cancer (may involve complete removal of both breasts)

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Surgery

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Medical procedure, operation

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Scar

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Blemish from previous injury

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To have options

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To have alternatives

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To encourage

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To give support, to comfort so to do sth

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To discourage

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Dispirit, dishearten

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Blood test

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Analysis performed on a blood sample

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Syringe

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Medical tool, simple pump consisting of a plunger that fits tightly in a tube

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To make an informed choice

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Making a decision with having background knowledge

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Gene testing

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Aka DNA testing, genetic diagnosis

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Lifesaving preventive treatment

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Treatment to minimize the risk of getting a disease before you get it that could be life harming

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Heart disease

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Cardiovascular disease
A class of diseases that involve heart or blood vessels
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Embryo

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Early stage of development of an eukaryotic organism

Human: stage of development between 5-11 weeks after fertilization

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Designer baby

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A baby created by IVF and selected because of particular genes

39
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Slippery slope

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Delicate situation

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Fertilization

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The fusion of gametes to initiate the development of a new individual organism

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To meddle with nature

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To mess around with nature

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Insurance coverage

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The amount of risk that’s covered by the insurance

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Uterus

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Organ in women’s body in which an embryo develops

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Artificial Insemination

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Deliberate introduction of sperm to the uterus

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Cloning

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Process of producing genetically identical individuals

46
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To be viable

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Capable of living, capable of success

Lebensfähig

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Breakthrough

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The overcoming of an obstacle

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Dysfunctional

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Failure to achieve an expected condition

49
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To extract a cell

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To take a single cell

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