Title: Identify emerging healthcare biotechnologies.
Course: Biotechnology Foundations in Technology Education (21999) > Section: Examining the Role of Biotechnology in Medicine

Identification should include trends in biomedical diagnostic tools, treatment processes, and genetic materials.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are microarrays, and how do they work?
- How will microarrays affect diagnosis?
- What are the new methods of treatment in genetics and cellular research?
- How do emerging healthcare technologies affect a patient's quality of life?
- What new healthcare technologies are being developed because of advances in agriculture, biotechnology, and medicine?
- How can viruses be used to carry genes into cells as preventive medicine?
- How are designer immune drugs being used to treat cancer on an individual basis?
- How are these anti-cancer treatments developed?