Type 2 diabetes is caused by:
a. too much insulin in the blood.
b. too little insulin in the blood.
c. too much glucagon in the blood.
d. too little glucagon in the blood.
e. receptors being insensitive to insulin.
E
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Which of the following statements about con transport of solutes across a membrane is correct?
a. cotransport proteins allow a single ATP-powered pump to drive the active transport of many different solutes b. in cotransport, both solutes that are being transported are moving down their chemical gradients c. The sodium-potassium pump is an example of a cotransport protein d. cotransport involves the hydrolysis of ATP by the transporting protein e. a cotransport protein is most c
The virus repressor protein provides immunity to infection by the same type of virus
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Double strand breaks are generally readily repaired.
a. true b. false
You cut your finger, and after putting pressure on the wound for several minutes, you notice that it is still bleeding profusely. What may be the problem?
A) Platelets are not functioning properly, or there are too few to be effective. B) Mast cells are not releasing their chemical messengers. C) There are too many antigens to allow clotting. D) Hemoglobin levels are too high to allow clotting.