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Question 1
What is a guide RNA?

Response: It is a short synthetic RNA composed of a scaffold sequent necessary for

Cas 9 binding, and the user-defined spacer or targeting sequent.

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 2
What does iPS stand for?

Response: Induced pluripotent stem cells

Score: 2 out of 2 Yes

Question 3
Who among the following performed the first successful liver transplant in 1967?

Response: Dr. Thomas Starzl

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 4
Why are embryonic stem cells favored in the stem cell industry?

Response: They are pluripotent: they can easily differentiate into a variety of
cell types.

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 5
What is the current problem faced by organ transplantation in the world?

Response: While there is a rise in demand for donor organs, the supply and price
have remained relatively constant.

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 6
How can a genomic target be changed by Cas 9?

Response: By changing the targeting sequent present in the guide RNA

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 7
Why is CRISPR still not used extensively on humans?

Response: Because the Cas enzyme occasionally cuts the nucleus, hence, cannot be
used to introduce permanent changes to people

Score: 0 out of 1 No

Question 8
Who among the following performed Asia's first successful cadaveric liver
transplant?
Response: Dr. Susan Lim

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 9
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of gene editing?

Response: It can activate a protein known as p53, which is known to contribute to

making cells grow uncontrollably.

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 10
What does CRISPR stand for?

Response: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 11
What does Cas stand for?

Response: CRISPR-Associated Protein

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 12
What makes up the current CRISPR system?

Response: A guide RNA and a Cas protein (Cas 9)

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 13
What was Dr. Lim's dilemma in performing transplants?

Response: The retrieval of organs from executed prisoners was as morally

controversial as the harvesting of stem cells from embryos.

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes

Question 14
What did James Thomson and Shinya Yamanaka discover in the laboratory in 2007?

Response: Adult cells can be reprogrammed back to embryonic-like cells (iPS cells).

Score: 1 out of 1 Yes