Parajumbles Question 9 - CAT 2022
Question
- Fish skin collagen has excellent thermo-stability and tensile strength making it ideal for use as bandage that adheres to the skin and adjusts to body movements.
- Collagen, one of the main structural proteins in connective tissues in the human body, is well known for promoting skin regeneration.
- Fish skin swims in here as diseases and bacteria that affect fish are different from most human pathogens.
- The risk of introducing disease agents into other species through the use of pig and cow collagen proteins for wound healing has inhibited its broader applications in the medical field.
Step-by-Step Explanation
- Correct Sequence: 2431
- Explanation: Sentence 2 introduces the baseline biological element: collagen, a vital structural protein famous for driving skin tissue regeneration. Sentence 4 introduces a major real-world bottleneck in medical applications—the historical use of mammalian (pig and cow) collagen carries dangerous risks of cross-species pathogen transfer. Sentence 3 introduces the innovative alternative solution using a playful transition: "Fish skin swims in here...", explaining that fish microbes are distinct from human pathogens and won't cross over. Sentence 1 rounds out the paragraph by detailing the physical material advantages (thermo-stability, elasticity) that make fish skin collagen perfect for medical bandages.
- FundaMakers Tip: The Story Arc of Innovation. Scientific and medical parajumbles often use a problem-solving format: General therapeutic need introduced (Sentence 2) Â Failure/danger points of traditional solutions (Sentence 4) Â Discovery of a novel biological alternative (Sentence 3) Â The engineering benefits and target uses of that alternative (Sentence 1).