ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
nanomedicine - CORRECT ANSWER - the application of nanotechnology to clinical
medicine to diagnose, treat, and prevent disease
the greek work, dwarf - CORRECT ANSWER - what does nano mean
"small technologies" - CORRECT ANSWER - what does nanotechnology mean
1 nm = 1 x 10^-9 m - CORRECT ANSWER - relationship between m and nm
1. E Coli
2. HIV
3. Hemoglobin
4. Glucose - CORRECT ANSWER - examples of objects in the nanoscale
1-1,000 nm - CORRECT ANSWER - nanoscale range
1 micrometer = 1000 nm - CORRECT ANSWER - micrometers and nanometer
relationship
1. less disposal materials
2. lower operational costs
3. takes up less space
4. easier transportation
5. uses less material - CORRECT ANSWER - the benefits of miniaturization
, 1. manipulation at not only cellular, but molecular level
2. targeting strategies -- specific tissue, rather than systemic
3. cross biological barriers (blood brain barrier, placenta, blood air barrier) - CORRECT
ANSWER - the benefits of nanosized materials in medicine
protects the brain from microbes, viruses, but also some drugs - CORRECT ANSWER -
what is the blood brain barrier
protects the lungs from the air we breathe - CORRECT ANSWER - what is the blood air
barrier
1. nanosensors
2. nanodevices
3. nanomotors
4. nanorobots - CORRECT ANSWER - nanomaterials/systems can be used as:
prevention of COVID via Pfizer and Moderna vaccines - CORRECT ANSWER - example
of prevention in nanomedicine
1. Doxil - treats lung cancer
2. nano and micro needles for hormone delivery or clinical trials to use antigens to vaccinate
against allergies - CORRECT ANSWER - example of treatment in nanomedicine
Doxil - CORRECT ANSWER - what was the 1st nanoparticle based formulation
introduced into the market
because of potential complications - CORRECT ANSWER - why was Doxil not widely
used until a few years after it was FDA approved