B7.5 - New technologies

Where are microorganisms ususally grown, when making them on a huge scale?

What extract from calves stomachs is used in cheese production and what 'active ingredient' does it have so to speak?

What is lignin and how does it relate to biofuels?

What type of fungi is Quorn?

DNA occurs in two places in bacteria cells - name both.

What is it called when the genes of an organism are changed?

What example is there of how GM modification of bacteria has produced a really useful medicine?

How would genetic modification in plants work?

What is needed to carry the gene into the cell and what are used?

What four stages are there to genetically modifying a bacteria cell with a human gene, including what is used to get the plasmid into the cell?

What is it called when a gene is active in a cell?

What is it called when fragments of DNA are grouped, so to speak?

What is used to multiply the amount of DNA found to make it usable?

What four things is PCR used for?

How can nanotechnology be used in relation to food?

What three things can trigger special nanoparticle food wrapping films to change colour?

Why does nanosilver work?

What does it mean when our cells are specialized for a particular function?

What area of the heart controls the muscle contractions?

What three things can go wrong in a heart?

What disadvantages are there of human/animal donor valves and of artificial valves?

What kind of object is an artificial heart valve?

What do artificial pacemakers do?