A Pharmaceutical Company Is Working on Development of a Drug

question 22

Multiple Choice

A pharmaceutical company is working on development of a drug that will broadly target diseases caused by trypanosomes.The most effective drug would be one that

• A) binds to molecules on their cell surface, preventing entry into the human host.
• B) that binds to molecules on their cell surface, blocking proliferation by asexual reproduction.
• C) binds to the kinetoplast, preventing mRNA editing in the mitochondrion.
• D) that will prevent mitosis from occurring.
• E) that targets insects, and can be used to eliminate tsetse flies.

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