Which of the Following Statements Is True of the FDA

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the FDA?

• A) It places a complete ban on animal testing.
• B) It allows animal testing for only certain kinds of cosmetics like household soaps.
• C) It provides tax exemptions to companies that avoid animal testing.
• D) It recommends animal testing only if it increases product safety.

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Definitions:

Antiparallel

Said of a double-stranded nucleic acid in which the 5' to 3' direction of the sugar-phosphate backbone of one strand is reversed in the other strand.

Crystallographic Data

Information obtained from crystallography, a method used to determine the atomic and molecular structure of crystals, revealing the arrangement of atoms in the crystalline solid.

Watson

James Watson, an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953.

Crick

Best known as Francis Crick, he was a British scientist who co-discovered the structure of the DNA molecule alongside James Watson.