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PLTW Biomed MI unit 3 review (1).
PLTW Biomed MI unit 3 review (1).
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PLTW Biomed MI unit 3 reviewClinical Trials - ANS-A scientifically controlled study of the safety and effectiveness of a
therapeutic agent (as a drug or vaccine) using consent human subjects.
Controlled Study - ANS-Clinical trial in which the subjects are distributed into groups which are
either subjected to the experimental procedure (as use of a drug) or which serve as controls.
Double Blind Study - ANS-An experimental procedure in which neither the subjects nor the
experimenters know which subjects are in the test and control groups during the actual course
of the experiments.
Nanomedicine - ANS-Area of biomedical research that seeks to use tools from the field of
nanotechnology to improve health.
Open Study - ANS-Clinical trial in which both the researchers and the patients know who
receives the drug and who receives a placebo.
Pharmacogenetics - ANS-The study of the interrelation of hereditary constitution and response
to drugs.
Placebo - ANS-An inert or innocuous substance used especially in controlled experiments
testing the efficacy of another substance (as a drug).
Single Blind Study - ANS-An experimental procedure in which the experimenters but not the
subjects know the makeup of the test and control groups during the actual course of the
experiments.
SNP - ANS-Variant DNA sequence in which the purine or pyrimidine base of a single nucleotide
has been replaced by another such base (also called single nucleotide polymorphism).
Biofeedback - ANS-The technique of making unconscious or involuntary bodily processes (as
heartbeat or brain waves) perceptible to the senses in order to manipulate them by conscious
mental control.
Chemotherapy - ANS-The use of chemical agents in the treatment or control of disease or
mental disorder.
Metastasis - ANS-The spread of a disease-producing agency (such as cancer cells or bacteria)
from the initial or primary site of disease to another part of the body.
Myoelectric - ANS-Utilizing electricity generated by muscle.
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