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December Luncheon Meeting Steve Mandell, Chairman Pepper Hamilton LLP Annual Holiday Luncheon Science Quiz

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December Luncheon Meeting Steve Mandell, Chairman Pepper Hamilton LLP Annual Holiday Luncheon Science Quiz

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    1. 1 December Luncheon Meeting Steve Mandell, Chairman Pepper Hamilton LLP Annual Holiday Luncheon & Science Quiz

    2. 2 Life Science (Medical) Word Quiz

    3. 3 Brainbow Manipulated neurons in mice that light up in a rainbow of fluorescent hues, creating a powerful tool for mapping out the brain's complicated wiring plan.

    4. 4 Anthocyanins A key group of enzymes involved in the production of plant pigments that give them their bright colors.

    5. 5 MEN 2B Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, a rare hereditary cancer syndrome manifested by neuromas, lumps of nerve tissue on the tongue, lips and eyelids. It has recently been suggested that Abraham Lincoln suffered from it.

    6. 6 Presbycusis A pattern of hearing loss that occurs in seniors and is characterized by the slow but progressive loss of ability to hear tones at high and then high and middle frequencies.  

    7. 7 Urticaria Hives

    8. 8 Science in the News Quiz Questions

    9. 9 What new genetic technology is being developed to create new life forms? The in vitro synthesis and insertion of complete genomes into bacterial cells. These can be used to develop new medicines, fuels, and other useful chemicals - Washington Post - 12/18/07

    10. 10 This model genetic organism has several genes linked to alcohol, which may help to identify a genetic basis of human drinking behavior. Like humans, this intoxicated insect shows movement problems, loss of postural control, sleepiness, and develops alcohol tolerance after repeated exposure to alcohol. What is the organism? Fruit Flies -Drosophila melanogaster - UPI/News Daily - 11/05/07

    11. 11 Due to an increase of start up companies in the area, new investors are targeting smaller biotech companies. One of the new private funds was started by the former CEO and Chairman of Digene. What is his name or the name of his private fund? Evan Jones, jVen Capital - Washington Business Journal - 10/26 to 11/01/07

    12. 12 Men who took this supplement for an average of 18 years recorded significantly higher scores on several cognitive tests, particularly tests of verbal. What dietary supplement, if used for many years, may protect against declines in memory that often precede Alzheimer’s disease? Beta carotene - Medicine.Net - 11/12/07

    13. 13 U.S. scientists at Purdue University and the Mayo Clinic have developed a technology that can detect cancer by using what procedure? A laser to scan veins, eliminating the need to draw blood. In addition to being less invasive, the new detection method evaluates a much larger volume of blood - NewsDaily/Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 9/4/07

    14. 14 What Rockville biotech is developing a staphylococcus infection detector? Innovative Biosensors, Inc. They were one of the presenting companies at the BIO IT Coalition June meeting this year - Washington Business Journal - 11/9-15/07

    15. 15 What type of alcoholic beverage consumption (beer, wine, or liquor) has been found to increase the risk of developing breast Cancer? All types of alcohol add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women. Women must consume 2 drinks a day to increase their risk of developing cancer by 10 percent? Three drinks a day raises their risk by 30 percent - MSNBC - 10/23/07

    16. 16 Israeli acute paralysis virus has recently been shown to be a threat to (A) what organism and (B) what industry? A. Billions of honeybees have been killed in colony collapse disorder. B. Farming - Fox News - 9/07/07

    17. 17 Israeli scientists have identified the genes responsible for the positive response to the drug Copaxone for some patients of what disease? Multiple sclerosis. The findings might lead to the development of personalized medicine for multiple sclerosis sufferers - NewsDaily/UPI - 10/11/07

    18. 18 A small biotech company, Bioavailability Systems LLC has purified an active compound from grapefruit that makes statins (e.g. Lipitor) toxic in some people but increases the effectiveness of anti-tumor drugs. How does it do this? By preventing their metabolism in the gut, thereby increasing their bioavailability. This has the potential to significantly lower the amount of necessary anti-tumor drugs and thus, their cost - Wall Street Journal - 11/27/07

    19. 19 MRSA is becoming a serious public health issue in the U.S and is responsible for many deaths. What is it and why has it become a problem? Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Due to the evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria as result overuse of antibiotics – FoxNews - 11/19/07 .

    20. 20 The American Cancer Society has reported that for the last 5 years there has been a 2 percent drop per year in the death rate for breast cancer. Why? Early diagnoses due to more women getting regular mammograms, which can help doctors to diagnose breast cancer early, when it is the most treatable - MSNBC - 10/23/07

    21. 21 What business man or company helped to literally lay the foundation for Montgomery County’s status as the region’s biotech hot spot? Robert Scheer, Scheer Partners - Washington Business Journal - 11/9-15/07

    22. 22 What is being used in Japan to train dentists? A cutting-edge robot named Simroid. This humanoid robot has realistic skin, eyes, and a mouth fitted with replica teeth, which dentistry students practice drilling on. Simrod yells, “Ow, that hurt!” and narrows her eyes when the student drills too close to the “nerves" - Fox News - 11/29/07

    23. 23 What happened to the Montgomery County plan to develop 115 acres for a science and technology park in White Oak? The plans went back to the drawing board - Washington Business Journal 11/2-8/07

    24. 24 A new study of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) suggests that it has a biological basis. What did the study find? Key brain areas of ADHD kids which suppress inappropriate actions, thoughts, focus attention, and control movement develop more slowly - CNN.com/Health - 11/12/07

    25. 25 The development of a new supercomputer will be completed sometime next year. It will be about twice as powerful as today’s dominant model, a basketball-court size beast known as BlueGene/L. How many calculations per second will it be able to do? 1,000 trillion – Computer World - 11/25/07

    26. 26 Britain's Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium and an international team of scientists have identified two genes, ARTS1 and IL23R, that causes which disease? Ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory and potentially disabling form of arthritis - NewsDaily/UPI/Nature Genetics - 10/22/07

    27. 27 What new technology is being developed by CSA Medical to treat esophageal cancer and other hard tumors? Cryogenic ablation - Businesswire - 5/7/07

    28. 28 U.S. scientists at Duke and Purdue Universities report developing a technology that can sort through particles hundreds of times smaller than a period. How will this technology be used to help physicians and/or public health officials? The detection of multiple pathogens in a small sample of blood or water. With that procedure, if a person had been exposed to five viruses, physicians could look for all five viruses simultaneously - NewsDaily/UPI - 10/30/07

    29. 29 Japanese scientists say they’ve used genetic engineering to create mice without certain nasal cells. What behavior did this change? The fear of cats. This development that may shed new light on mammal behavior and the nature of fear itself - MSNBC - 12/13/07

    30. 30 "Doctors Without Borders" physicians have developed a new treatment program in Uganda for what common parasitic disease in that region? African sleeping sicknes caused by Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). The findings were promising because no cases of treatment failure, no treatment terminations, and no HAT- or treatment-related deaths occurred - NewsDaily/UPI - 11/8/07

    31. 31 What is the exact title of the April 23rd 7th Annual BIO IT Coalition conference? “The State of Healthcare & Medical Technology in 2028”

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