A Molecular Biologist Discovers That If a Specific Drug Effectively

question 104

Multiple Choice

A molecular biologist discovers that if a specific drug effectively treats obesity in mice, what can researchers conclude?

• A) If the drug was effective in a large number of mice, it will therefore be effective in humans.
• B) If the drug was effective in a small proportion of mice, it will be effective in a small proportion of humans.
• C) The mice have provided a positive control in this experiment that proves the drug is effective in humans.
• D) The drug is effective in the mouse model; it must still be tested in humans.
• E) The effect of the drug on mice has no bearing on the effect of the drug on humans.

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Definitions:

Uracil

A nitrogenous base found in RNA that pairs with adenine during RNA synthesis.

Nucleotide Bases

The building blocks of DNA and RNA molecules, consisting of adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), thymine (T), and uracil (U, in RNA).

RNA

Ribonucleic acid, a molecule essential for various biological roles, including coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes.

Translation

Translation is a biological process by which messenger RNA is decoded by a ribosome to produce a specific amino acid chain, or polypeptide, that will fold into an active protein.