BIOTECHNOLOGY

Question 1

Establish the chronological flow of events

Answer 1

1. Domesticating crops
2. Domesticating animals
3. Brewing beer
4. Leavening bread
5. Producing vaccines
6. Producing antibiotics
7. Producing high-yielding rice and wheat varieties
8. Developing genetically modified crops, vaccines, drugs, gene therapeutics

Question 2

Unlike other markets, the biotechnology market is _________________.

Answer 2

Exponentially increasing

Question 3

first gene bank

Answer 3

Leningrad

Question 4

Where do we study rice in the PH?

Answer 4

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Question 5

Based on joining DNA from 2 different sources; use restriction enzymes to cut the DNA.

Answer 5

Recombinant DNA technology

Question 6

They combined plasmids from E.coli with foreign DNA

Answer 6

Cohen and Boyer

Question 7

How much income does the biotech drug industry generate per year?

Answer 7

200B dollars

Question 8

These are biotech drugs aimed at remedying Diabetes and were the first produced ones. These incorporated insulin.

Answer 8

Humulin, Novolin, Humulug

Question 9

This specific drug was aimed at Type 2 Diabetes

Answer 9

Lantis

Question 10

This was the first anticancer drug

Answer 10

Intron A

Question 11

This was aimed at hairy cell leukemia

Answer 11

Interferon

Question 12

This was aimed at Hepatitis B

Answer 12

Roferon-A

Question 13

This is an antibody for Hepa B

Answer 13

Nabi-HB

Question 14

This was a cofactor for hemophilia

Answer 14

Novo Senen

Question 15

This was for CML

Answer 15

Gleevec

Question 16

This was used for tissues for diabetic foot ulcers

Answer 16

Dermagraft

Question 17

This was for stroke within 3 hours of symptom; dissolves blood clot

Answer 17

Activase

Question 18

Its genome size varies from 29.8kb to 29.9kb.

Answer 18

SARS-CoV-2

Question 19

The genome structure of COVID followed the specific gene characteristics to known ______

Answer 19

COVs

Question 20

What is the process of turning RNA to DNA?

Answer 20

Reverse transcription (RT-PCR)

Question 21

What did sprayers wear to protect them against unknown biohazards when applying ice-minus bacteria on strawberry

Answer 21

Moon suit

Question 22

genetically altered bacterium of the family Pseudomones that inhibits frost on crop plants in 1987

Answer 22

Frostban

Question 23

These transgenic bacteria was used in Alaskan oil spill in 1989 and Teas oil spill in 1990.

Answer 23

Oil producing bacteria that were transferred to a marine bacterium capable of metabolizing petroleum at sea

Question 24

first GM plant and whole food; what makes it genetically modified is the addition of 1 gene to a plant in order to make it resist pests/ripen later

Answer 24

GM Tomato

Question 25

What virus were GM Squash and Papaya resistant to?

Answer 25

Ringspot virus (1997 in Asean)

Question 26

What do GM corn, rice, soybean, cotton, canola, sugar, and beet have in common?

Answer 26

Herbicide Tolerance (Weed Resistant)

Question 27

Breaks down in sunlight, washed away by rain, and does not survive in natural habitats

Answer 27

BT Food plants (Bacillus thuringiensis)

Question 28

Bt spores are inactivated by _________________.

Answer 28

UV irradiation

Question 29

What is the benefit of Bt?

Answer 29

It leaves little or no toxins in natural habitats

Question 30

In 2000, this was produced by the Swiss in regards to the prevention of diseases.

Answer 30

"Golden Rice" enriched with Vitamin A

Question 31

This was engineered to reduce chances of cancer and to also produce more Vitamin A.

Answer 31

Tomatoes

Question 32

engineered to help blood synthesis

Answer 32

Beans and corn

Question 33

What other functions do GM plants serve?

Answer 33

vaccine delivery systems