Read the passage given below and then answer the questions given below the passage. Some words may be highlighted for your attention. Read carefully. Bioengineering combines the design and problem-solving techniques of engineering with biological and medical sciences to improve health-related and m
Read the passage given below and then answer the questions given below the passage. Some words may be highlighted for your attention. Read carefully.
Bioengineering combines the design and problem-solving techniques of engineering with biological and medical sciences to improve health-related and medical problems. Bioengineers have made many positive changes in many lives today. It has become a growing field over the past couple of years. The new advances and research that stem from biomedical engineers can solve problems that would have never have been able to be solved before. Many great inventions have been made through research in biomedical engineering, for example, genetic engineering, cloning, and insulin. After insulin has been invented, there are still a lot of problems with the purity and the quantity of the insulin produced. Biomedical engineering devised a way to produce large quantities of insulin with a higher level of purity, which has saved a lot of human lives. Engineers have been working on new technology that will utilise stem cells in order to save lives and treat diseases. By designing live-saving objects such as artificial hearts, dialysis machines, and surgical lasers bioengineers have helped save many lives. Biomedical engineers can be traced back to over 3000 years with the Egyptians. The Egyptians created a wooden prosthesis to replace the big toe. Since then, bioengineering has developed a great deal. A big improvement this century has been the development of artificial lungs. When polio hit the states, many patients were put into a respirator made of two vacuum cleaners and an iron box. This invention, designed by Philip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw, was nicknamed the “iron lung”. The iron lung pumped air in and out of the patient, allowing the patient to breathe. Iron lungs are replaced today with artificial lungs, which are more advanced and are put inside the patient, allowing him or her to be mobile and enjoy life to a fuller extent.
How was the problem of purity and quantity of insulin handled?
1).
Bioengineers got the help of medical sciences
2).
Bio-engineers came up with a way to make high quantities of pure insulin
3).
Bio-engineers were stumped at the problem
4).
Bio-engineers had to seek the help of other professionals
2 answers
In general, biological engineers attempt to either mimic biological systems to create products or modify and control biological systems so that they can replace, sustain, or predict chemical and mechanical processes. After insulin was invented, there were a lot of problems with the purity and the quantity of the insulin produced. As stated in the above paragraph, biomedical engineering devised a way to produce large quantities of insulin with a higher level of purity, which has saved a lot of human lives.
Hence the correct answer is option 2.
In general, biological engineers attempt to either mimic biological systems to create products or modify and control biological systems so that they can replace, sustain, or predict chemical and mechanical processes. After insulin was invented, there were a lot of problems with the purity and the quantity of the insulin produced. As stated in the above paragraph, biomedical engineering devised a way to produce large quantities of insulin with a higher level of purity, which has saved a lot of human lives.
Hence the correct answer is option 2.