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1
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What is one way in which large molecule drugs differ from small molecule drugs?

A

Large molecule drugs are mainly protein-based drugs that develop in biological systems such as living cells.

2
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Vaccines are types of small molecule drugs.

A

False.

3
Q

What is an advantage of attenuated vaccines over inactivated vaccines?

A

Attenuated vaccines are less expensive to prepare.

4
Q

How are toxoids derived?

A

From the toxins secreted by a pathogen.

5
Q

What is the estimated annual death toll in Malaria?

A

1.5 to 3.5 million people.

6
Q

There are more white blood cells than red blood cells for the same volume in the human body.

A

False.

7
Q

How was insulin primarily obtained from the 1930s to the 1980s?

A

Porcine and bovine extracts.

8
Q

Which of the following are not types of cytokines - a) interferons, b) interleukins, c) monokines, or d) all of these are types of cytokines?

A

All of these are types of cytokines.

9
Q

Which of the following is not a type of hormones - a) amino acid derivatives, b) blood glucose, c) polypeptides, or d) steroids?

A

Blood glucose.

10
Q

Describe the ‘in vitro’ gene therapy technique.

A

Patients’ genetically faulted tissues are removed, loaded with normal genes in vectors, and returned to the patients’ bodies.

11
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Pluripotent stem cells can develop into many cell types, but not a new individual.

A

True.

12
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Leukemia is a condition in which the stem cells in the bone marrow malfunction and produce an excessive number of immature white blood cells.

A

True.

13
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Retroviruses are types of vectors used in gene therapy.

A

True.

14
Q

Which of the following is not a type of stem cell - a) multipotent, b) pluripotent, c) semipotent, or d) totipotent?

A

Semipotent.

15
Q

Traditional vaccines are prepared in a number of ways. Which of the following is not one of them - a) attenuated, b) insulin, c) inactivated, or d) toxoids?

A

Insulin.