Hormonal Methods of Birth Control

question 60

Multiple Choice

Hormonal methods of birth control:

• A) are considered irreversible.
• B) may increase risk of blood clots and/or stroke in some women.
• C) are a very infrequently used method of contraception.
• D) adversely affect the health of most women who take them.

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Definitions:

Pretranscriptional Control

Regulatory mechanisms that act before the transcription process in gene expression to modulate the efficiency and rate at which genes are transcribed.

Methylation

A biochemical process that involves the addition of a methyl group to molecules like DNA, affecting their function and activity.

Chromatin Packing

The process of winding DNA around histone proteins to compact it into structural units known as nucleosomes, which further fold to form chromosomes.

Proto-oncogene

A normal gene that can become an oncogene due to mutations or increased expression, potentially leading to cancer.