Quiz 2 Flashcards
Define biotherapeutics:
Therapeutic materials produced via biological means and / or methods
Provide an example of a bioproduct from Transgenic plant
Pest resistant crops, enriched rice, virus resistant tobacco, vaccine producing plants
Provide an example of a bioproduct from Bio therapeutic (derived from animal tissue)
Vaccines( measles, mumps, small pox, rabies, hepatitis), human growth hormone, Erythropoietin, Insulin
Provide an example of a bioproduct from Bioenergy
Biodiesel, landfill gas (LFG), bioethanol
Provide an example of a bioproduct from Microbial culture
Industrial enzymes, organic acids, tetracycline
The majority of therapeutic proteins are produced using ___________ cells.
CHO
Gene therapy is most often carried out using a _______ vector
viral
Name two ways in which biopharmaceuticals differ from standards pharmaceuticals.
Development time
Regulation
Testing
Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes contain ribosomes.
T/F
True
Name two applications of transgenic plants.
Biopharmaceutical production
Enriched food source
Provide three examples of transgenic animals and their bioproducts.
Goats – spider silk
Rats – Cancer cell cultures
Pigs – Human insulin
Etc.
When biomass is burned at high temps using controlled amounts of gas/steam it produces synthetic fuel called ___________?
Syngas
A medical therapy replacing an enzyme in patients is called ____________________?
Enzyme Replacement Therapy
What does the cell type CHO stand for?
Chinese hamster ovary
Texas produces the most of what bioengineered crop?
Cotton
