After a mosquito bite you experience an itching sensation. The drug used to treat this symptom would have the following mechanism of action a. destruction of dendritic cells b. destruction of neutrophils c. histamine antagonist d. inhibition of lysozyme
Mosquito bites itch because of the saliva and when the immune system comes into action after and histamine also sends signal tthe to the nerve around the bite.Thus the medication given acts as a histamine antagonist
After a mosquito bite you experience an itching sensation. The drug used to treat this symptom...
When the term parenteral is used in regards to drug administration, this applies to drugs administered _____ (choose all that apply). Select one or more: a. intravenously b. orally c. intramuscularly d. topically Protein synthesis occurs in all living cells. Why, then, are some antimicrobial drugs that target protein synthesis selectively toxic to bacteria? Select one: a. The protein synthesis in human cells occurs less frequently than that in bacterial cells. b. The ribosomes found in human cells and those...
You are trying to design a drug that can be used to treat cancer and you decide that your drug will target the cell cycle. Explain how your drug would work (1 sentence) and why this would be useful in treating cancerous cells (1 sentence)
QUESTION 1 Tamiflu is a drug used to treat influenza. A study found that Tamiflu reduced symptom duration an average of 0.85 days in otherwise healthy (i.e., not high risk) individuals. The researchers reported a 95% confidence interval for the reduction in symptom duration of 0.3 to 1.4 days. Which is a correct interpretation of this result? Choose all that apply. A. There is a 95% chance that the true mean reduction in symptom duration is between 0.3 and 1.4...
Tamoxifen is a drug often used to treat breast cancer patients. One effect of the drug is to change the levels of cortisol-binding globulin (CBG). One study attempted to see if the effect of Tamoxifen is age dependent on the patients age. The response variable Y is the change in CBG and the covariate X is age. The following summary statistics were reported. n-26, Σχί-1613. Σ yi-281.9, Sr,-3756.96. Sy,-465.34, Sr,--757.64 (a) Find the least squares estimates of the intercept and...
1. Corticosteroids are anti-inflammatory drugs that are used to treat individuals with allergies, asthma, autoimmune diseases, or organ transplants. These compounds have a wide range of effects on leukocytes and on inflammatory cytokine production. One common use for corticosteroids is as an inhaled treatment for individuals with asthma. Interestingly, inhaled corticosteroids provide significant benefit to asthma patients with high numbers of eosinophils in their airways, but not to those patients with high numbers of neutrophils, but normal numbers of eosinophils....
4. Tamoxifen is a drug often used to treat breast cancer patients. One effect of the drug is to change the levels of cortisol-binding globulin (CBG). One study attempted to see if the effect of Tamoxifen is age dependent on the patients age. The response variable Y is the change in CBG and the covariate X is age. The following summary statistics were reported. n-, 26, Σ i-. 161 3, Σ Vi-28 19. Sr,-3756.96, S,-465.34, Sr,--757.64 (a) Find the least...
5. Naproxen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to treat pain and inflammation of various kinds, and is the active ingredient in the over-the-counter drug called Aleve. It operates by inhibiting the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX) similarly to the more common ibuprofen, but does so with a stronger binding affinity The following pathway shows one example of a multistep synthesis that has been used to access naproxen. a Provide the missing intermediates, reagents, or major organic product in each box...
You have been hired to study a new antibiotic produced by streptomyces colicolor. The drug has isolated after isolation and identification of streptomyces colicolor using a device known as the chip. your advisor wants to find out the mechanism of action of the drug and determine whether it has bactericidal or bacteriostatic effects. a) What experiment could you do to determine the cellular target of the drug. briefly discuss two experiments b) After many months of experiments and hard work,...
The scheme below shows the synthesis of an antihypertensitive agent (drug used to treat high blood pressure). Answer the questions that follows. a Br 1 Br CI с CO Me + Meo H2NCO Me (Question 3) B OME CN CN CN CN 6 2 3 4 5 CO Me CO Me Buz SnNz d Final product (9) (1) KOH, heat (2) H+ work up partial hydrolysis (Question 4) CAH, CAH, CN 7 NH NEN 8 Question 1 Select the best...
Could I get all the answers please,, thank you,, Question 35 (2 points) Which cell type is capable of producing antibodies? Question 35 options: A) B cells B) T cells C) macrophages D) neutrophils E) both A and B Question 36 (2 points) This antibody is pentameric in structure and is the better at stimulating complement than other antibody classes (can form a staple conformation): Question 36 options: A) IgM B) IgE C) IgD D) IgA E) IgG Question 37...