A Patient Is Entitled to Know Whether a Recommended Treatment

question 59

True/False

A patient is entitled to know whether a recommended treatment is established practice or experimental.

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Definitions:

cAMP

Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate, a second messenger important in many biological processes, including the activation of protein kinases.

Cellular Slime Mold

A group of funguslike amoebozoan protists whose feeding stage consists of unicellular, amoeboid organisms that aggregate to form a pseudoplasmodium during reproduction; compare with plasmodial slime mold.

Dictyostelium

A genus of amoebae that are used as model organisms in molecular biology and genetics.

Ion Channels

Channels for the passage of ions through a membrane; formed by specific membrane proteins.