Indicate True (T) and False (F) Statements Below Regarding Apoptosis

question 7

Short Answer

Indicate true (T) and false (F) statements below regarding apoptosis in disease. Your answer would be a four-letter string composed of letters T and F only, e.g. TTTF.
( ) Either excessive or insufficient apoptosis can contribute to disease.
( ) Excessive apoptosis, in many cases, leads to autoimmune disease and cancer.
( ) In about half of human cancers, the tumor suppressor protein p53 is mutated.
( ) Drugs that interfere with the function of Bcl2 family proteins such as Bax and Bak may treat cancers by stimulating apoptosis.

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Definitions:

Short Run

A period in economics during which at least one input is fixed and cannot be changed by the company.

Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the amount of the good that producers are willing and able to supply.

Perfectly Competitive Firms

Businesses that operate in a market where prices are dictated by supply and demand, and where no single buyer or seller has market control.

Homogeneous Products

Undifferentiated outputs; products that are identical to or indistinguishable from one another.