BPS 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Plasmid, Edward Jenner, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Inhibits cell division: activated only in cancer cells, yew bark, cytotoxic, kills cancer, taxol, effective against breast cancer, manufactured using cell culture, fermentation bin. Isolated testosterone: 40 kg of bull testicles for 20 mg of male sex hormone. Impact of antibiotics: longer life span, improved quality of life, very safe drug, very effective drug. Tobacco: most dangerous substance in the world, kills 420,000 per year in north america, discovered by columbus in 1492, native drank smoke from tobago. Intoxication (added by tobacco companies so they could bypass the law: e-cigarettes, not safe, safer than the real deal, solvent, transformed when heated into toxic material, nicotine, heart attack risk, flavor, carbonyl compounds are carcinogenic. Vaccines: you develop immunity after an illness. Immune system uses: poison in constant circulation in the blood stream, defensins, complement, antibodies. Immobilize invaders: selectively destroys invaders, macrophages, specialized cells to eat foreign cell, specialized cells to kill infected cells.