Introduction to Synthetic Biology MBIOS Quiz

How does sickle cell disease affect a patient?

Answer explanation

By deforming red blood cells, disrupting blood flow and oxygen delivery, and forming unwanted clots (or similar)

Why was animal-derived insulin less ideal for treating diabetic patients?

Answer explanation

Prevalence of allergic reactions, high variation of potency between batches (or similar)

What other topics in synthetic biology would you like to be discussed in more detail? (Open-ended)

In patients with phenylketonuria, what amino acids are toxic to them?

• Alanine

• Tryptophan

• Glutamate

• Phenylalanine

Salicylic acid is a precursor of what medication?

• Paracetamol

• Ibuprofen

• Aspirin

• Digoxin

In the first-ever FDA-approved CAR-T cell therapy, what was the T-cell modified to recognize?

• CD19

• CD4+

• CD8+

• MHCII