Special Laboratories

Question 1

Identification of tissue constituents such as proteins, lipopolysaccharides using principles of antibodies binding specific antigens.

Answer 1

Immunohistochemistry

Question 2

Used to diagnoses abnormal cells such as in cancer.

Answer 2

Immunohistochemistry

Question 3

combines anatomical, immunological and biochemical techniques to image discrete components in tissues by using appropriately-labeled antibodies to bind specifically to their target antigens in situ.

Answer 3

Immunohistochemistry

Question 4

IHC is can be used in brain traumas and prediction of response to therapy. True or False

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Immunohistochemical staining for beta-amyloid precursor protein has been validated as a method to detect ________ within as little as 2–3 h of head injury.

Answer 5

axonal injury

Question 6

Immunohistochemical detection of neuronal injury can be useful in establishing the timing of a traumatic insult in medico-legal settings. True or False

Answer 6

False (axonal)

Question 7

IHC is widely used to predict therapeutic response in two important tumors, i.e. carcinoma of heart and lungs. True or False

Answer 7

False (breast and prostate)

Question 8

The invention of Vaccines and antibiotics

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 8

Biotechnology

Question 9

Deals with the structure, properties and functions of biomolecules that is essential to life

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 9

Molecular Biology

Question 10

“A technology based on biology.”

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 10

Biotechnology

Question 11

It is done with the use of biological systems found in organisms to make technological advancements to help improve lives and health.

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 11

Biotechnology

Question 12

It is focused especially on nucleic acids (e.g., DNA and RNA) and proteins—macromolecules that are essential to life processes—and how these molecules interact and behave within cells.

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 12

Molecular Biology

Question 13

strive to understand the workings of biological organisms, from the genes at the molecular level and the processes occurring at the cellular level, all the way up to entire organisms and how they perform their functions.

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 13

Biotechnologists

Question 14

focus on cell mechanisms and genetics, looking for ways in which this information could be applied to society’s benefit.

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 14

Biochemists and molecular biologists

Question 15

They look at the physical processes, such as the creation of proteins, to
better understand how they work and ways we might be able to use them to produce substances we need.

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 15

Biophysicists

Question 16

study plants in food crops, seeking to maximize harvests and enhance plants’ ability to survive, which may include genetic engineering.

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 16

Agricultural scientist

Question 17

look for substances that can help to fight diseases.

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 17

Biomedical scientists

Question 18

a special type of scientist who study the data produced by
these other scientists, in search of significant trends or correlations that emerge over the course of experiments.

CHOICES:
Biomedical scientists, Biochemists and molecular biologists, Agricultural scientist, Bioinformaticians, Biophysicists, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnologists

Answer 18

Bioinformaticians