Rita has been diagnosed with HER2 breast cancer, and is prescribed Herceptin. The approach of basing a drug prescription on the results of a single-gene test is called
A) pharmacogenetics.
B) pharmacophenetics.
C) pharmacogenomics.
D) enzyme replacement therapy.
A) pharmacogenetics.
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You make a knockout of a gene involved in neurological development, and find that the mice have malformed semicircular canals. Instead of being orthogonal (at right angles) to each other, they are parallel. What aberrant behavior might you see in these mice?
A. overeating B. falling over C. not startling to sudden noise D. unable to respond to a call to locate another mouse E. low muscle tone Clarify Question What is the key concept addressed by the question? What type of thinking is required? Gather Content What do you already know about semicircular canals? What other information is related to the question? Choose Answer Given what you now know, what information is most likely to produce the correct answer? Reflect on Process Did your problem-solving process lead you to the correct answer? If not, where did the process break down or lead you astray? How can you revise your approach to produce a more desirable result?
Which of the following is NOT an enzyme?
a. amylase b. bile c. lipase d. pepsin e. trypsin
The human coccyx bone and muscles that move the human ear are ____
a. homologous structures b. comparative structures c. analogous structures
d. repetitive structures e. vestigial structures
What is contained in each of the two daughter cells that result from normal mitotic division of the original parent cell?
a. the same number of chromosomes and genes as the parent cell, and identical to those of the parent cell b. one-half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell, but different genes c. one-half of the number of chromosomes and genes as the parent cell, and identical to those of the parent cell d. the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell, but different genes