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Present diagnosis for Alzheimer’s disease is confirmed by:

Created: 2008-09-08 10:56:49 | Votes: 40 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Adeno 36 infection can lead to increased body weight without an increase in serum lipids in humans.

Created: 2008-09-05 16:49:14 | Votes: 28 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The ideal type of red blood cell that can be used to transfuse anyone, regardless of blood type is?

Created: 2008-11-06 14:40:45 | Votes: 26 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The new tests to determine if a fetus has Down’s syndrome does so by determining the relative number of copies of chromosome from each parent.

Created: 2009-01-09 16:53:21 | Votes: 19 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by high levels of antibodies that invade the joints and surrounding tissues leading to inflammation and the symptoms of swelling,

Created: 2009-01-09 16:51:46 | Votes: 18 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The DARC mutation in people increases the susceptibility malaria and HIV.

Created: 2008-11-06 14:42:26 | Votes: 14 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Best answer: Fungal growth can occur on:

Created: 2008-08-29 10:37:06 | Votes: 13 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Best Answer: Adenoviruses most commonly cause _______ infections.

Created: 2008-08-29 10:34:58 | Votes: 13 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

A fungus is a …

Created: 2008-08-21 16:05:02 | Votes: 12 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Marijuana has 4 times the amount of tar than cigarettes and can lead to lung cancer.

Created: 2009-03-04 20:57:23 | Votes: 11 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Answer True or False: Vitamin D is a key vitamin in the absorption of calcium in the intestinal track.

Created: 2008-11-06 14:38:59 | Votes: 10 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Traumatic brain injury can lead to disorientation and memory problems.

Created: 2008-08-21 16:00:22 | Votes: 10 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Over a woman’s lifetime:

Created: 2009-02-02 14:45:32 | Votes: 10 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of the following can cause allergies?

Created: 2008-05-05 15:16:53 | Votes: 10 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Co-evolution of humans and the malarial parasite led to the selection of the mutation that led to sickle cell disease.

Created: 2008-11-06 14:41:56 | Votes: 9 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

MS is an autoimmune disease where a person’s own body’s immune system attacks the myelin which surrounds the nerves of the central nervous system.

Created: 2009-02-02 14:49:31 | Votes: 9 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Since an HIV vaccine is almost ready for production, the development of alternative approaches to preventing HIV infections is not necessary.

Created: 2009-08-26 14:40:27 | Votes: 9 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of the daughters of Czar Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia survived the massacre at Yekaterinburg?

Created: 2008-11-06 14:37:22 | Votes: 9 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The triple negative form of breast cancer and strikes mostly young African American women and women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations.

Created: 2009-03-31 16:41:08 | Votes: 9 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

What is the fastest growing cancer to afflict Americans?

Created: 2008-07-01 14:42:02 | Votes: 9 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Research proposed by scientists must be reviewed by others for human use, application in animals and biosafety practices

Created: 2009-03-04 20:59:27 | Votes: 9 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

True or False: Blast injury is immediately identifiable with imaging techniques such as MRI.

Created: 2008-08-15 11:35:22 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

A low dose vitamin taken daily will decrease your chances of a first heart attack

Created: 2009-03-04 21:01:43 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Compared with monolinguals, bilinguals had less dense grey matter in an area of the brain right above the ears.

Created: 2009-03-31 16:35:51 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The first person to describe and draw red blood cells after studying them under a microscope was Anton van Leeuwenhoek in 1895.

Created: 2009-02-02 14:47:42 | Votes: 8 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Research has found that veterans with Gulf War illness had significant differences in brain structure and function.

Created: 2009-03-31 16:39:35 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Cranberry juice helps prevent UTI by acidifying the urine and by directly “blocking” bacterial attachment to urinary tract cells.

Created: 2009-02-02 14:46:56 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

If the protein Bcl-2 is found in the urine, this is a indication that the patient may have early stage ovarian cancer.

Created: 2009-03-31 16:35:11 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The number and types of cells in the blood can indicate disease and infection.

Created: 2009-02-02 14:48:16 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The chemical and physical characteristics of peanut butter and peanut paste contribute to the ability of the bacteria to persist for extended times.

Created: 2009-03-04 20:54:37 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Down’s Syndrome is caused by:

Created: 2009-01-09 16:52:55 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Most biomedical research in the United States is sponsored by the Federal Government through the National Institutes of Health

Created: 2009-03-04 20:59:52 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Petting zoos are a source of E. coli bacterial infections that can cause gastrointestinal distress as well as more serious and life threatening diseases.

Created: 2008-12-08 10:44:27 | Votes: 7 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

In this report, it was suggested that low doses of anesthesia could be used to eliminate bad memories that precipitate post-traumatic stress syndrome.

Created: 2009-02-02 14:49:04 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

After age 40, even healthy people begin to lose some myelin in a part of the brain responsible for motor control.

Created: 2009-05-01 18:18:16 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Triple Negative Breast Cancer cannot be treated with the one of the following therapies

Created: 2009-03-31 16:40:44 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Test subjects who received low doses of anesthesia were able to recall disturbing images but not the mundane ones that they had viewed the week before.

Created: 2009-02-02 14:48:43 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

A new discovery identifies a portion of one of the proteins of the influenza virus that:

Created: 2009-08-26 14:39:51 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Globally, almost every type of bacteria has become resistant to antibiotics due to misuse – it’s among the most pressing public health problems.

Created: 2009-10-02 18:24:08 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The different types of Stem Cells are:

Created: 2009-07-24 14:36:57 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 1 | Status: Open

B cells make antibodies but are not involved in rheumatoid in arthritis

Created: 2009-01-09 16:52:07 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

This internal clock that control’s a teenager’s circadian rhythm is controlled by two pin-head sized structures in the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

Created: 2009-05-29 15:03:47 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Scratching an itch is a reflex which involves spinal cord nerve cells, so you could respond to scratch an itch even before your brain realizes what is going on.

Created: 2009-01-09 16:49:07 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The two regions of the brain that affected by smoking marijuana are the amygdala and the hippocampus.

Created: 2009-03-04 20:57:01 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

In a recent report, the American Academy of Pediatrics said that every child in America should be taking a daily vitamin D supplement.

Created: 2009-01-09 16:51:15 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 1 | Status: Open

People with which body shape are more likely to face increased health risks such as cardiovascular disease.

Created: 2008-08-08 14:21:56 | Votes: 6 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Comparing the genetic information of modern Syphilis bacterium with other related bacteria around the world revealed that Syphilis came from North America.

Created: 2008-08-08 14:16:20 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Aspirin and vitamin E supplements used as a dietary supplement to prevent heart attacks have been shown to:

Created: 2009-03-04 21:02:47 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Memories formed in the hippocampus are stored in the neocortex via interconnected neurons in both regions.

Created: 2009-10-02 18:33:22 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Evidence from skeletal remains in Europe suggests that syphilis was present in the Old World prior to 1493.

Created: 2008-08-01 16:20:41 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Doctors are required to wear a fresh white coat every day to prevent the spread of possible bacterial contamination to their patients.

Created: 2009-11-06 14:32:42 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Dr James Barry was discovered to be a woman after a 46 year long career as a physician in the US Navy. (True or False)

Created: 2008-12-08 10:46:23 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which of the following careers can you pursue with a doctoral degree in the biomedical sciences:

Created: 2009-05-01 18:16:26 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The new pill camera to detect esophageal cancer can be retrieved by a tether.

Created: 2008-07-01 14:46:54 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The symptoms experienced by men and women suffering heart attacks are identical.

Created: 2009-05-01 18:23:39 | Votes: 5 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Answer True or False: Osteoporosis affects both men and women although there are 4X the number of women affected than men.

Created: 2008-11-06 14:38:28 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The phenazines made by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa are responsible for the purple color of the mucus in cystic fibrosis patients.

Created: 2009-05-01 18:21:50 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

This microbicide called glycerol monolaurate or GML has been shown to prevent infection of monkeys with an HIV-like virus called SIV.

Created: 2009-08-26 14:40:55 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

90% of the deaths due to infectious diseases can be attributed to six diseases – tuberculosis, pneumonia, diarrheal diseases, malaria, measles and HIV/AIDS.

Created: 2009-10-02 18:30:22 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Sharks, mice and humans all have the same gene called Osr2 that regulates how many rows of teeth grow out.

Created: 2009-10-02 18:26:53 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The attacking Persian soldiers dug tunnels under Roman city walls. The Persians were killed when Romans filled the tunnel with a mixture of gases.

Created: 2009-07-17 14:23:33 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The product of the Osr2 gene stimulates the growth of additional rows of teeth.

Created: 2009-10-02 18:28:45 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Today we the "balanced anesthesia" approach is commonly used which involves a "cocktail" of drugs to induce loss of consciousness and eliminate pain.

Created: 2009-07-02 15:17:05 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Gulf War syndrome symptoms include memory and concentration issues, widespread pain, gastrointestinal issues, chronic headaches and many other chronic ailments.

Created: 2009-03-31 16:39:12 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The better you speak a second language, the denser the grey matter in the region of the brain just above your ears.

Created: 2009-03-31 16:36:19 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Some of the evidence used to determine that Dr. James Barry was a woman included:

Created: 2008-12-08 10:47:07 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

For men, the hormone testosterone not only causes them to store less fat, it reduces fat in general by helping to metabolize it.

Created: 2008-08-15 11:31:53 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The incidence of prostate cancer among US men is:

Created: 2008-12-08 10:49:09 | Votes: 4 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Galileo was born in 1864 and had vision problems that led to blindness the last two years of his life.

Created: 2009-10-02 18:34:40 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The latest ELAD (artificial liver) uses human liver cells growing in a cartridge to process & clear toxins from the body until a liver can be transplanted.

Created: 2009-07-24 15:03:21 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Hansen’s Disease is another name for Leprosy

Created: 2009-05-29 15:08:35 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Salmonella infections are from contact with:

Created: 2008-12-08 10:43:53 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The synthetic biomaterial being developed has been shown to attract the appropriate proteins and hormones to enhance early bone healing.

Created: 2009-08-26 14:37:28 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The Food and Drug Administration never approves a drug that is found to have secondary effects that are unintended.

Created: 2009-06-26 15:34:11 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

A healthy diet should include no more than one teaspoon of table salt per day.

Created: 2009-07-24 15:07:54 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Bacterial meningitis is primarily a chronic disease of adults.

Created: 2009-07-02 19:04:07 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Select the BEST answer?

Created: 2009-05-29 15:01:55 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

How the Swine flu is different from seasonal flu in that:

Created: 2009-11-06 14:26:59 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

CA125 is a tumor antigen that is found only in the blood of those with ovarian cancer.

Created: 2009-03-31 16:34:56 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Ötzi died as the result of a fall while being chased by his attackers.

Created: 2009-04-24 14:06:29 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Ötzi the Iceman died from an arrow wound

Created: 2009-04-24 14:08:01 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Salmonella food poisoning is:

Created: 2009-03-04 20:50:35 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The T5000 can perform hundreds of analyses each day and can distinguish the seasonal flu from avian H!N1 flu strains.

Created: 2009-11-06 14:30:53 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The suprachiasmatic nucleus ensures certain body functions work in harmony with our sleep/wake cycle, but not melatonin production which is key to helping sleep

Created: 2009-05-29 15:06:55 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The hands of men are naturally colonized with far greater numbers of bacteria which is in part influenced by their professions.

Created: 2009-07-24 14:40:41 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Vitamin D has been shown to play an important role in some cancers, diabetes, certain autoimmuine diseases and in maintaining our immune mechanisms.

Created: 2009-01-09 16:50:18 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The spread of the Swine flu during the warm months in the Northern Hemisphere is unusual

Created: 2009-11-06 14:28:40 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Women experience very different symptoms from men during a heart attack including shortness of breath, weakness, unusual fatigue, cold sweat and dizziness.

Created: 2009-05-01 18:23:59 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The CDC now recommends that all persons between 11 and 18 be vaccinated with Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine.

Created: 2009-07-02 19:04:37 | Votes: 3 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The cancer rate and deaths in the US has been increasing since the early 1990s.

Created: 2009-07-24 15:05:13 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The 1st step in healing a broken bone is the formation of a blood clot from leaked blood around the site of the break; it helps to stabilize/align broken ends.

Created: 2009-08-26 14:36:52 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Nobel Prizes laureates receive a diploma, medal and a cash prize in recognition of their accomplishment. (True or False)

Created: 2008-12-08 10:41:12 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Galileo’s bones lie in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence Italy. But he is not buried alone, he is buried with an unknown woman.

Created: 2009-10-02 18:35:13 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The United States is a world wide leader in spending on research on neglected infectious diseases.

Created: 2009-10-02 18:30:45 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Molecular diagnosis of influenza utilizes a molecular technique called polymerase chain reaction which amplifies influenza gene sequences.

Created: 2009-11-06 14:30:28 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Liver disease is on the decline in the United States, making the development of artificial liver devices unnecessary.

Created: 2009-07-24 14:58:30 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The first ovariotomy, the removal of the ovaries, was performed at the London School of Medicine by Dr. McDowell in 1809.

Created: 2009-01-05 20:55:56 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The adoption of a “Western Lifestyle” in developing countries, including tobacco use, is associated with increasing cancer deaths in the developing world.

Created: 2009-05-29 14:59:24 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Albert Neisser tried to take credit away from Hansen for the discovery of the bacterium that causes Leprosy.

Created: 2009-05-29 15:09:06 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The most common which involves the brain and brain stem involves acute attacks that can last days or weeks followed by symptom free periods. Some people will th

Created: 2009-02-02 14:50:06 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Attacking Persian soldiers dug tunnels under Roman city walls, and then set off bombs that released a mixture of gases to kill the Romans.

Created: 2009-07-17 14:20:58 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Prostate cancer cells have abnormally low levels of retinoic acid so what VN/14-1 does is keep the compound from breaking down. (True or False)

Created: 2008-12-08 10:49:39 | Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Its cause appears to be caused by:

Created: 2009-11-06 14:22:51 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Findings show a typical hand harbors more than 150 different species of bacteria & 3200 strains; women’s hands harbor a higher diversity of bacteria than men.

Created: 2009-07-24 14:56:48 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Neuronal pathways that are used will actually send out signals to repair damaged myelin, but they cannot be repaired after age 40.

Created: 2009-05-01 18:18:42 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Nobel Prizes are given in these science areas: Medicine or Physiology, Physics, and Chemistry and Biology. (True or False)

Created: 2008-12-08 10:40:21 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The whole genome analysis indicates you have a 20% increased risk of developing diabetes, you ignore the physical factors or if you have relatives with diabetes

Created: 2009-05-29 15:22:01 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

SNPs are associated with particular traits, syndromes/diseases. They can also determine interesting traits, such as eye color. It can also reveal your ancestry.

Created: 2009-05-29 15:23:15 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Diabetes and brain tumors can cause itching.

Created: 2009-01-09 16:48:40 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Using the drug, Mozobil in combination with other growth factors can produce different types of stem cells.

Created: 2009-07-24 14:38:27 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Improvements in diagnostics, treatments and a decline in smoking among the US population has resulted in a reduction in cancer deaths.

Created: 2009-07-24 15:05:44 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Which two children of Czar Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia were the last bodies to be identified?

Created: 2008-11-06 14:36:05 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Proteins associated with different human diseases can be found in salvia; there’s hope that someday spitting into a tube may replace blood draws and other tests

Created: 2009-08-26 13:50:19 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

One of the earliest forms of anesthesia used the gas nitrous oxide, but it ‘s use did not become widely accepted.

Created: 2009-07-02 15:15:46 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The purple color of the mucus seen in cystic fibrosis is caused by

Created: 2009-05-01 18:21:29 | Votes: 1 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The career path to becoming a Biomedical researcher involves advanced education leading to a:

Created: 2009-05-01 18:14:53 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The surgery to remove the 22lb ovarian tumor from Mrs. Jane Crawford was performed without the benefit of anesthesia and antibiotics.

Created: 2009-01-05 20:59:52 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Vitiligo is a condition where skin cells called melanocytes no longer make the pigment melanin.

Created: 2009-11-06 14:22:03 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Memories form in the one of the following regions of the brain.

Created: 2009-10-02 18:33:00 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

As we get older, developing high blood pressure is inevitable.

Created: 2009-07-24 15:07:31 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Proteomes is cataloging of proteins produced in a single source; e.g., proteomes of human salvia includes all proteins normally present in salvia from humans.

Created: 2009-08-26 13:46:15 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The drug, Lumigan was originally developed for the treatment of:

Created: 2009-06-26 15:33:11 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Why do you need to get an influenza shot every year?

Created: 2009-08-26 14:38:47 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Antibiotics are effective in treating colds and the flu?

Created: 2009-10-02 18:21:07 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

Mold (or fungus) is a significant contributor to public health concerns and economic loss following a major storm.

Created: 2008-11-06 14:43:41 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

After a hurricane, infectious microbes such as Vibrio vulnificus are a significant threat to the public health to people in the affected area.

Created: 2008-11-06 14:43:16 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

The latest break through that allows for the production of red blood cells from embryonic stem cells was the achievement of enucleation.

Created: 2008-11-06 14:41:20 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

A bacterium called methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA which is resistant to many antibiotics can survive on clothing for as long as:

Created: 2009-11-06 14:33:30 | Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Status: Open

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