Mystery Key Terms
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randykendall on September 14, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Antibody | protein that helps destroy pathogens |
| Antigen | substance that triggers an immune response |
| Bioinformatics | application of mathematics and computer science to store, retrieve, and analyze biological data |
| Concentration | the mass of solute in a given volume of solution, or mass/volume |
| ELISA | an assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes or viruses or antibodies or bacteria) |
| Enzyme | protein that acts as a biological catalyst |
| Genome | the complete genetic material contained in an individual |
| Medical Intervention | treat preneoplastic lesions / selective use of medications to reduce high risk populations - tamoxifen / vaccines to prevent infection by oncogenic agents |
| Outbreak | the sudden occurrence of a disease, in unexpected numbers in a limited area, w/c then subsides |
| Pathogen | disease-causing agent |
| Primer | a short segment of DNA that serves as the starting point for DNA synthesis |
| Serial Dilution | What is the proper term for a patient's serum that has been diluted several times using equal increments? |
| Solute | the substance that is dissolved |
| Solution | mixture of two or more substances in which the molecules of the substances are evenly distributed |
| Solvent | substance in which a solute is dissolved to form a solution |
| Substrate | reactant of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction |
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