Explain how the new molecular therapies might stop the growth of cancer.

What will be an ideal response?


The new molecular therapies focus on different stages of control within the cell cycle and are geared toward re-establishing normal control. Other therapies are directed toward using viruses to bind to specific control proteins. One is being used that blocks blood vessel generation to the tumor site.

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Red blood cells, also known as __________, contain the hemoglobin that functions in rapid transport of oxygen. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)

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What is the probability of flipping a penny and a nickel and obtaining one head and one tail?

What will be an ideal response?

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In competitive inhibition, the inhibitor binds to the enzyme at the allosteric site

__________________ Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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What greatly increases the interior surface area of mitochondria?

a. centrioles b. microfilaments c. cristae d. the matrix

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