IK and biotechnology Flashcards
A typical plant tissue culture medium
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- A glass container with a solid or liquid culture substance e.g. agar
- It contains nutrients and hormones that promote mitosis
Possible ethical opinions FOR stem cell research
- Embryos are clumps of tissue, not yet humans
- Umbilical cord blood does not destroy embryo’s
- Reproductive cloning produces stem cells without need for fertilisation
- Research needed for numerous benefits…
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Three sources of stem cells
- Embryo’s
- Umbilical cord or placenta
- Bone marrow and liver tissue
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Name at least 3 plant organs for asexual reproduction
- runners
- bulbs
- tubers
- leaf plantlets
- suckers
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Alternative medicine
Traditional healing used instead of mainstream medical care
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Devil’s claw
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- A plant from the Kalahari
- Underground stem (Tubers) harvested
- anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatic and analgesic properties
- Used to treat joint and muscle pain, arthritis and rheumatism
Molecular cloning
Cloning to make identical genes and useful chemical compounds
Biotechnology
- the use of living systems and organisms
- to develop or make products
Embryonic stem cells
- Embryonic tissue cells
- Can produce more of themselves
- Can differentiate into all cell types
Traditional biotechnology
- The use of natural organisms by humans to create or modify foods or other useful products
- e.g. fermentation, medicinal plants
Antibiotics affect
- The survival and growth of microbes
- Especially bacteria
If you are the recipient of wrong blood type
- Immune system rejects the blood
- You may die
IKS typically impacts which areas of society?
- Agriculture
- healthcare
- cooking
- education
- resource management
First antibiotic discovered (name, date and person)
- Penicillin
- Alexander Fleming
- 1928
First developed vaccine (disease targeted)
smallpox
How is a reproductively cloned animal made?
- Donor egg cell taken from foster mom
- Nucleus removed
- Cell taken from animal to be cloned
- Nucleus removed and fused with the empty egg cell
- Fused cell divides by mitosis to form embryo
- Embryo placed in foster mothers uterus to develop into cloned individual.
First developed vaccine (person and year)
- Edward Jenner
- 1796
Traditional methods of plant cloning
- plant cuttings and grafts
- replanting bulbs and tubers
Complementary medicine
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- Traditional healing used together with conventional medical treatment with the aim that it “complements” (improves) the treatment
- E.g. using acupuncture to help with side effects of cancer treatment.
- When health care providers and facilities offer both types of care, it is called integrative medicine
The four main blood types
- A
- B
- AB
- O
“in vitro” stem cells
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- Stem cells from fertilised eggs grown in cultures
- Eggs that have been fertilized in vitro—in an in vitrofertilization clinic
- Donated for research purposes with informed consent of the donors.
African potato
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- A plant from the grasslands
- Contains many plant sterols
- Traditionally used as a laxative
- Recently found to boost the immune system
- E.g. Used as complementary medicine for patients with HIV/AIDS