Your patient has a device implanted under the skin of his upper left chest. His wife states that it is an AICD. This device is used to:
A) assist in pumping blood for patients with severe heart failure.
B) detect and defibrillate life-threatening heart rhythms.
C) deliver insulin to diabetic patients in precise dosages.
D) provide tube feedings to patients who cannot swallow.
B
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What is the fourth step in genetically engineering a drug?
A) The gene is inserted into a vector. B) The GMO is isolated from those cells that did not take up the vector. C) The desirable gene is isolated. D) The vector is used to genetically alter the cells of another organism.
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________ is the alteration of the organism itself or the cell in the genetic engineering process
A) Proliferation B) Differentiation C) Manipulation D) Transformation
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