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Refer to the textbook passage on pages 184-186
1. A comparison between the size of a nanometer and everyday objects
2. A successful laboratory-grown organ implanted in an animal
3. A medical technique that may prevent blood from leaking during surgery
4. An explanation of why donor organs are not always ideal
1. G
2. F
3. H
4. D
5. i
6. iii
7. ii
8. iv
9. vii
10. Regenerative medicine currently allows scientists to grow complete human organs for routine use.
11. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for organ transplants.
12. Nanotechnology has already been widely used on human cancer patients.
13. Gold-coated silica balls are larger than cancer cells.
10. FALSE
11. TRUE
12. FALSE
13. FALSE
14. What material is used to coat the silica balls in nanoshells?
15. Which university conducted nanoshell cancer research?
14. gold
15. Rice University
16. replacement
17. reject
18. 1999
19. nanometers
20. infrared
1. A small 21. __________ is taken from the patients kidney
2. Kidney and 22. __________ cells are separated
3. Cells are 23. __________ in laboratory cultures
4. Cells are injected into a 24. __________ made from collagen
5. The organ is grown in a 25. __________ before implantation
21. sample
22. vessel
23. multiplied
24. scaffold
25. bioreactor