PLTW MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS 1.1
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Medical Intervention - ANS Any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the
course of disease
Outbreak - ANS A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease
Pathogen - ANS A specific causative agent of disease
Bioinformatics - ANS The collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and
biological information using computers especially as applied in molecular genetics and
genomics. Bioinformatics can be used to help identify infectious agents, such as viruses and
bacteria, involved in disease outbreaks.
Genome - ANS The complement of an organism's genes; an organism's genetic material
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - ANS Read the nucleotide collection,
after we will be able to identify the pathogen.
Antibody - ANS A protein secreted by plasma cells (differentiated B cells) that binds to a
particular antigen and marks it for elimination.
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, Antigen - ANS A macromolecule that elicits an immune response by lymphocytes.
Concentration - ANS The amount of a specified substance in a unit amount of another
substance
Solvent - ANS A substance, usually a liquid, capable of dissolving another substance
Solute - ANS A substance dissolved in another substance
Solution - ANS A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances, which may be solids,
liquids, gases, or a combination of these
ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbant Assay) - ANS A quantitative in vitro test for an antibody
or antigen in which the test material is absorbed on a surface and exposed either to a complex
of an enzyme linked to an antibody specific for the antigen or an enzyme linked to an anti-
immunoglobulin specific for the antibody followed by reaction of the enzyme with a substrate
to yield a colored product corresponding to the concentration of the test material.
Enzyme - ANS A protein serving as a catalyst; a chemical agent that changes the rate of
reaction without being consumed by the reaction
ELISA description - ANS Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbant Assay. Combines targeted tagging
with antibodies and an enzyme reaction that produces a visible color change to test for the
presence of disease antigens or antibodies produced in response to that antigen. The ELISA
assay can even detect disease agents in body fluids before the body has a chance to mount an
immune response and produce antibodies.
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REVIEW STUDY GUIDE
Medical Intervention - ANS Any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the
course of disease
Outbreak - ANS A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease
Pathogen - ANS A specific causative agent of disease
Bioinformatics - ANS The collection, classification, storage, and analysis of biochemical and
biological information using computers especially as applied in molecular genetics and
genomics. Bioinformatics can be used to help identify infectious agents, such as viruses and
bacteria, involved in disease outbreaks.
Genome - ANS The complement of an organism's genes; an organism's genetic material
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) - ANS Read the nucleotide collection,
after we will be able to identify the pathogen.
Antibody - ANS A protein secreted by plasma cells (differentiated B cells) that binds to a
particular antigen and marks it for elimination.
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, Antigen - ANS A macromolecule that elicits an immune response by lymphocytes.
Concentration - ANS The amount of a specified substance in a unit amount of another
substance
Solvent - ANS A substance, usually a liquid, capable of dissolving another substance
Solute - ANS A substance dissolved in another substance
Solution - ANS A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances, which may be solids,
liquids, gases, or a combination of these
ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbant Assay) - ANS A quantitative in vitro test for an antibody
or antigen in which the test material is absorbed on a surface and exposed either to a complex
of an enzyme linked to an antibody specific for the antigen or an enzyme linked to an anti-
immunoglobulin specific for the antibody followed by reaction of the enzyme with a substrate
to yield a colored product corresponding to the concentration of the test material.
Enzyme - ANS A protein serving as a catalyst; a chemical agent that changes the rate of
reaction without being consumed by the reaction
ELISA description - ANS Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbant Assay. Combines targeted tagging
with antibodies and an enzyme reaction that produces a visible color change to test for the
presence of disease antigens or antibodies produced in response to that antigen. The ELISA
assay can even detect disease agents in body fluids before the body has a chance to mount an
immune response and produce antibodies.
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