Describe how a pharmaceutical company might use a bioassay to identify potential drugs in rainforest plants.
What will be an ideal response?
Prepare an extraction solution from the plants, and conduct a bioassay on potential pathogens or tissue culture cell lines to determine the toxic effects of those extracts.
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Viruses in the extracellular state possess few, if any, active enzymes.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The most common etiologic agents in acute otitis media in children include:
a. Klebsiella pneumococci. b. H. influenzae. c. Streptococcus agalactiae. d. M. catarrhalis.
Worldwide, ____ are often used as pollution-monitoring devices
a. fungal infections b. mycorrhizae c. lichens d. yeast e. mushrooms
A large increase in the body's core temperature will cause what change in proteins?
a. denaturation b. an increase in function c. replication d. doubling of the rate of a reaction e. a small reduction in the rate of a reaction