Gene Technology

Question 1

Adult stem cells

Answer 1

Cells that can make certain types of body cells

Question 2

Differentiate

Answer 2

Become different from others

Question 3

Embryonic stem cells

Answer 3

Cells found in the embryo that are capable of becoming any cell type found in the body of a complex organism

Question 4

Gene splicing

Answer 4

The process used to add a gene into or remove genes from DNA

Question 5

Gene therapy

Answer 5

The process of replacing a defective gene with a normal gene

Question 6

Genetically modified

Answer 6

Having the genes changed

Question 7

Genome

Answer 7

The genetic information carried by a haploid set of chromosomes

Question 8

Human Genome Project

Answer 8

An international project that aims to identify all the human genes and determine the sequence if the base pairs that make up human chromosomes

Question 9

Induced Pluripotent Skin Cells (iPSCs)

Answer 9

Mature cells that have been induced to revert to their pluripotent (capable of becoming any type of human cell) state

Question 10

Plasmid

Answer 10

Ring of DBA found in bacteria

Question 11

Pluripotent

Answer 11

Capable of becoming any one of the 229 different cell types found in the human body

Question 12

Recombinant DNA technology

Answer 12

Technology that allows DNA to be recombined with other genes

Question 13

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)

Answer 13

Differences of only one base between one human and another