BME 3 Final
The HbA1c test measures how much of this molecule is attached to hemoglobin.
glucose
Beta carotene is a precursor to vitamin a. The caret trial showed that heavy smokers who took a daily 30mg beta carotene supplememt had:
higher rates of lung cancer than the control group
The Ames Reflective Meter was on of the first:
home based blood glucose meters
James Collip discovered that if he injected too much insulin into a rabbit it developed convulsion. This effect is known as:
hypoglycemia
The fragment of preproinsulin called c-peptide:
is not essential, people live decades without it
A black box on a prescription drug label
is used to highlight saffety concerns
Engineered e. Coli bacteria containing recombinant dna is not dangerous to humans because
it is incapable of surving outside well controlled labooratory environments
In 1969, Oregon applied fro a patent on a pregnancy test that could be performed at home. The inventors on the patent were:
just margaret crane
Congress passed the animal welfare act of 1966 after an uproar causes by the publication of an article about dog dealers in which magazine?
life magazine
James Collip needed an assay for the activity of insulin in order to develop a purification method. His assay for inuslin was based upon:
measuring the change in blood sugar levels in rabbits
NPH insulin is a modified form of insulin. The modification results in a longer acting aactivity. The modification is done by:
miixing insulin with a protein called protamine
One conclusion from the diabetes control and complications trial was that tight control:
minimized long term complications
A continous glucose monitor measures blood glucose approximately once every:
minute
Immediately after is one year surgical residency at Torontos Hospital for sick children, Fred Banting.....
opened his own practice to see patients
Arnold Beckman invented and sold one of the first integrated:
ph meters
From the 1920s through the 1960s, insulin used by patients with diabetes came from which sources:
pigs and cows
The first home pregnancy test was called:
predictor
Fred banting developed his idea on how to treat diabetes while he was:
preparing a lecture for medical students
In the 1960's Margaret Crane was working as a:
product packaging designer
A child who develops diabetes typically loses weight. In 1920 the best treatment for children would be to:
restrict diet, causing more weight loss
One of the inventors of the HbA1c test developed the test after a clinical trial involving this disease has suddenly stopped:
sickle cell
The label of a prescription drug:
summarizes all the scientific information known about the drug
The quantity known as ph measures:
the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution
In 1921, the best way to measure glucose in blood was based on:
the final color of a mixture and some reagents
In the 1960s, the annual supply of insulin was limited by:
the number of cows and pigs slaughtered each year
James Collip, at the University of Toronto, developed a method to isolate insulin based upon:
the solubility of insulin in alcohol/water mixtures
The best treatment for diabetes about 1915 was known as:
the starvation diet
Several insulin analogies, like lispro, aspar, and glulisine, are produced by eli lilly. These insulin analogs differ from normal human insulin by:
they act quicker or slower after injection
Banting's method of isolating insulin involved a surgical procedure to tie off ducts in the pancrease, waitng several weeks, then moving the pancreas.
this method was used to produce insulin just a few times
The diabetes control and complications trial tested whether this method of treating diabetes was better than what patients had been doing:
tight control of glucose
An IACUC must have at least five members. One of these members must be a non-scientist.
true
Insulin that is secreted into your blood contains two chains: The A chain and the B chain.
true
The self-orienting millimeter scale applicator (SOMA) is a device that might allow oral delivery of insulin, or an insulin pill. The shape of the SOMA is based on the shape of which animal:
turtle
An insulin molecule in circulating in your bloodstream consists of:
two chains of amino acids linked together by disulfide bonds
Fred Banting performed his experiments on dogs at:
university of toronto
Professor Katrine Whiteson wants everyone to know that you can get affordable insulin at:
walmart
In 1921, how could you diagnose diabetes?
with a urine test
Today, most insulin is produced in a large factory by which types of organisms:
yeast or bacteria
The university of toronto licensed a patent on the production of insulin to eli lilly. The agreement allowed eli lilly to manufacture and sell insulin. In return, eli llilly would give the university of toronto:
5% of eli lilys net sales from the insulin
Glucose Oxidase was isolated from:
a fungus
Dick Berstein was one of the first people to:
a home blood glucose meters
The HbA1c test is named after:
a line of hemoglobin observed on a gel
Off label prescribing is when
a physician prescribes a drug to treat a condition that wa snot approved by the FDA
If a pateint with diabetes was seeing dr elliot joslin during the 1950's which is more likely to characterize the patient's treatment plan:
a strict diet and multiple injections of insulin each day
When Professor Katrine Whiteson was 11 years old, she learned how to control her diabetes by herself by going to:
a summer camp
What causes pernicious anemia?
a vitamin deficiancy
Axel Ullrich was the first person to insert the human insulin gene into a bacteria or clone the insulin gene. He obtained the human insulin gene that he lconed from:
a woman's insolinoma tumor that was surgically removed
Severe symptoms of hypoglycemia could be confused with:
alcoholic intoxication
Diabetes (type 1) is caused by:
an autoimmune reaction
A closed loop system for insulin delivery contains:
an insulin pump and a continuous blood glucose meter
An insulin pen differs from an insulin pump because
an insulin pump is attached to your body by tubing, but an insulin pen is not
A complete lack of vitamin A in a person's diet can lead to:
blindness
In 1921, picric acid was used as a:
both a common laboratory reagent and an explosive for artillery shells
In 1920 the company eli lilly was known for manufacturing:
capsules for drugs
The diabtetes control and complications trial monitored this complication that many diabetic pateints suffer:
damage to the retinas blood vessels
Afressa and exubera are two different insulin delivery systems. The two systems both
deliver insulin through the lungs
Which of the following was not a frequent complication from diabates before the diabetes control and complications trial:
dementia
X-ray crystallography can be used to
determine the three dimensional structure of a protein
The order of amino acids in a protein produced by your body is
determined by your DNA
the birth control drug nexplanon is implanted under the skin. nexplanon is an example of ___ ___ applied birth control.
drug delivery
Classic symptoms of diabetes include:
excessive urination
An IACUC isi the committee that decides whether to provide funding for scientists experiments.
false
Blood test are only for measuring the number of red blood cells a person has:
false
Hypoglycemia can be alleviated by injecting insulin.
false
Insulin from humans and cows are exactly alike.
false
Professor dorothy hodgkin was awarded the nobel prize in 1964 for deciphering the structure of insulin using the technique of xray crystallography
false
When insulin is injected uner the skin it has an immediate effect, lowering blood sugar levels withina few seconds.
false
One of the most common problems people who have lived with diabetes for decades have is with their:
feet
The loose control approach to managing a patient's diabetes can be characteried bu the following:
freedom to eat whatever they choose and a single dose of insulin per day