As a Researcher, You Are Charged with Determining the Effects

question 29

Essay

As a researcher, you are charged with determining the effects of a new drug. From previous observations, you suspect that this drug reduces the rate of DNA production (replication) in the skin cells of patients using the drug. With the following materials, design an experiment that would determine the effect of the drug on DNA replication. You know that DNA contains phosphate groups. You have radioactive isotopes of phosphate (³²P), skin cell cultures from different patients, the drug in question, and a device that measures radioactivity.

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