BMT UNIT 1 STUDY GUIDE
Epidemic
Outbreak of disease involving a population
In vitro
"In glass"
Typically how long does it take for a drug to be approved (from the beginning)
12 years
What was the average life span of humans at turn of the 20th century.
45 years (now is 78)
Viruses can't live without _____
A host
Chemical, mechanical, mathematical and computer simulations are effective research models but they cannot
Replace laboratory testing
Rodents
Animal used most often in research
Applied research is most often conducted using:
Animals
Ethics
Another word for morals
Making a new drug
Applied research
Mice in a laboratory are being deprived of sleep as part of a research study. What kind of research is this.
Applied research
Synthesise of new drugs to prevent specific diseases is done in _____
Applied research
FDA
Approves foods and drugs in the U.S.
A new infectious disease emerges in Africa. What type of research will begin in America
Basic
Scientist study the molecular structure of a virus in ______
Basic
A teacher assigns a student to write a research paper on Alzheimer's disease. The research would be classified as what type of research.
Basic research
Basic research
Building blocks of research
Virus
Cannot live outside of a cell
Researches want to know the impact of specific study habits on test achieve my in high school students. What type of research would be done.
Clinical
What type of research usually occurs in the last stage of medical research
Clinical
A hospital invites participants with high blood pressure to take part in the study of a new medication. What kind of research is this.
Clinical research
What research is broken down into phases
Clinical research (3 phases)
What is Basic research
Collecting data
A non-animal method of applied research often involves the use of:
Computers
Computers do not generate _______ they only process what has been ______
Data, entered
Alexander Fleming
Discovered penicillin
Vivisection
Dissection of a live organism
Eradicate
Do away with, wipe out
WHO
Eradicated smallpox in the world in 1967
An example of biomedical research involves:
Genetic diseases
What is a major disadvantage of epidemiological studies
Hard to detect
Cyclosporine
Helps prevent transplant rejection
Where does clinical research take place
Hospital and clinic
What is Clinical research
Hospital, clinics
Computers
Increases speed/ efficiency of existing data
Edward Jenner
Made the first vaccine (smallpox)
Albert Sabin
Made vaccine for polio
Louis Pasteur
Made vaccines for cholera and rabies
Research has found that lung cancer is associated with _____
Smoking
Epidemiologist
Specialist who works at the CDC
Epidemiology
Study of disease among people
Bacteria lives on...
Surfaces
What is tested in "in vitro" studies
Tissues and cells
Applied research
Type of research aimed at a specific object
What is Applied research
Uses computer models, and animals
Clinical research
Uses human volunteers
Human Clinical Studies use _____ who must sign an _____ to participate in the study
Volunteers, informed consent
Attenuated
Weakened
