A patient suffering from an unknown cancer is being treated with standard chemotherapy. Describe how personalized medicine could potentially help treat this individual
What will be an ideal response?
By sequencing the entire exome of the patient, mutations in coding regions can be identified. These mutations can then be compared to databases that contain drugs and their targets. If the mutated genes determined in the whole genome sequencing show up in the drug database, a potential therapeutic has been found.
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Which one of the following features is unique to animals?
A. cells organized into tissues B. movement associated with muscle tissue and nervous tissue C. heterotrophism D. cells without walls E. embryonic development
The Calvin cycle
A. is a linear reactive pathway that produces ATP and NADPH to drive other cell processes. B. is a linear pathway that passes high-energy electrons to glucose molecules. C. is a cyclic reactive pathway that produces ATP and NADPH to drive other cell processes. D. is a linear reactive pathway that produces three-carbon molecules from CO2. E. is a cyclic reactive pathway that produces three-carbon molecules from CO2.
These small short-lived organisms have a reproductive strategy to produce many offspring that have fluctuating populations.
A. r-strategists B. k-strategists C. l-strategists D. s-strategists
The basic conceptual approach to phylogenetic tree building involves the process of:
a. selecting information about character states. b. selecting taxa for inclusion in the tree. c. the logic that species with many character states in common are more closely related than those without. d. None of the above. e. All of the above.