Description : What are cancer causing genes called?
Last Answer : Oncogenes
Description : Assertion (A) : Cancer cells are virtually immortal until the body in which they reside dies. Reason`(R)`: Cancer is caused by damage to genes regulat
Last Answer : Assertion (A) : Cancer cells are virtually immortal until the body in which they reside dies. Reason ... D. If both the assertion and reason are false
Description : What organisms groups was originally considered an animal by zoologists, since it can move rapidly like an animal and consumes other organisms for food, and was also claimed to be a plant by botanists since it can consume energy much like a plant?
Last Answer : euglena
Description : Which of the following laws best describes the statement: The members of an homologous (pron: ho-MOL-eh-gus) pair of genes are separated during meiosis (pron: my-O-sis) of reproductive cells so that ... law of independent assortment c) law of filial (pron: FILL-ee-al) generation d) law of sorting
Last Answer : ANSWER: A -- LAW OF SEGREGATION
Description : Choose the correct statement(s) about pioglitazone: A. It acts as an agonist on nuclear paroxisome proliferator receptor γ B. It enhances transcription of insulin responsive genes C. It lowers blood sugar in type 2 diabetes mellitus without causing hyperinsulinemia D. All of the above
Last Answer : D. All of the above
Description : What term would best be used to describe an organism possessing two identical genes for a trait?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Which of the following statements describe the pathophysiology of post-polio syndrome? a) The exact cause is unknown, but aging or muscle overuse is suspected. The exact cause of post-polio syndrome is not ... , high-fat diet in polio survivors. The exact cause of post-polio syndrome is not known.
Last Answer : a) The exact cause is unknown, but aging or muscle overuse is suspected. The exact cause of post-polio syndrome is not known but researchers suspect that with aging or muscle overuse the neurons not destroyed originally by the poliovirus are unable to continue generating axon sprouts.
Description : This term was originally a conceit in engineering that referred to ways of enhancing bodies for survival in harsh extra-terrestrial contexts. The term received a social sciences twist when ... metaphor for the growing appropriation of human beings into mechanical social systems. What term?
Last Answer : . Cyborg.
Description : The term BRIC originally referred to Brazil, Russia, India and China. Some people insisted on calling them BRICs, but nowadays that acronym is spelt BRICS because many have begun including another country in this grouping. Which other country?
Last Answer : South Africa.
Description : Which term refers for modifying a computer in a way which was not originally intended to view Information? A. Metadata B. Live analysis C. Hacking D. Bit Copy
Last Answer : C. Hacking
Description : The first letter is derived from the 18th letter of greek alphabet, the second one is the rounded form of v, the third one arises from the 2nd letter of greek alphabt, the fourth one is derived ... last letter is believed to be derived from Djet (an egyptian pharoah ) Can you decode it? -Riddles
Last Answer : This answer was deleted by moderators
Description : What's the significance of stores posting signs warning the public of the risk of cancer-causing products and chemicals in their vicinity?
Last Answer : answer:I believe it has to do with Proposition 65, SAFE DRINKING WATER AND TOXIC ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1986 You often see labeling that is required by the act on products that reads something like: WARNING: This ... does California know that my state doesn't know? What's my state not telling us? :-)
Description : Does anyone know of powerlines causing cancer?
Last Answer : I’ve heard of the ill effects of power lines (along the same lines as the ill effects of mobile phones, television sets and microwave ovens), but never heard of cancer except from the X-Files.
Description : Why don't they test men for the cancer causing strains of HPV, like they do women?
Last Answer : i think I read somewhere that they can not test men for it.
Description : Do wireless barcode scanners contain cancer causing rays?
Last Answer : I think we have to be careful with any of this technology but so much is uncertain and not researched that we never seem to get an accurate answer. If this is something you use all day in your job ... they should be able to provide you with some kind of apron to wear to protect you from the rays.
Description : The Punjab government has banned this chemical compound which is consider as a Group 2A cancer-causing material. a. Dicamba b. Glyphosate c. Atrazine d. Chlorpyrifos
Last Answer : b. Glyphosate
Description : Some papillomaviruses are capable of causing a. A ―lacy‖ rash on the skin. b. Lung cancer. c. Pneumonia. d. Cervical cancer.
Last Answer : d. Cervical cancer.
Description : Name the PRINCIPAL cancer-causing agent in Agent Oran
Last Answer : ANSWER: DIOXIN or TCDD or DIMETHOXANE or 2,3,7,8 - TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN or 2,6-DIMETHYL-DIOXAN-Y-YL ACETATE
Description : What are some adjectives that describe otter and begin with the letter o?
Last Answer : odd, overreactive
Description : The most popularly known blood grouping is the ABO grouping. It is named ABO and not ABC, because O in it refers to having (a) overdominance of this type on the genes for A and B types (b) one antibody ... on the RBCs (c) no antigens A and B on RBCs (d) other antigens besides A and B on RBCs
Last Answer : (c) no antigens A and B on RBCs
Description : When scientists make an animal superior by view of genotype, introducing some foreign genes in it, is called (a) immunization (b) genetic engineering (c) tissue culture (d) biotechnology.
Last Answer : (b) genetic engineering
Description : Outbreeding is an important strategy of animal husbandry because it (a) is useful in overcoming inbreeding depression (b) exposes harmful recessive genes that are eliminated by selection (c) helps in accumulation of superior genes (d) is useful in producing purelines of animals.
Last Answer : (a) is useful in overcoming inbreeding depression
Description : Select the incorrect statement. (a) Inbreeding helps in accumulation of superior genes and elimination of undesirable genes. (b) Inbreeding increases homozygosity. (c) Inbreeding is essential to ... any animal. (d) Inbreeding selects harmful recessive gene that reduce fertility and productivity.
Last Answer : (d) Inbreeding selects harmful recessive gene that reduce fertility and productivity.
Description : Is it permissible for women to use makeup ; What if it does not contain any animal-derived and alcoholic ingredients ?
Last Answer : " It is advisable for a woman to adorn herself for her husband within the limits of Shariah. As much as the wife adorns herself, it is a call for love and harmony between husband and wife ... if it is characteristic of infidel women ; Since it is not permissible to accept similarities with them.
Description : There are four words. Two of them have four letters, and the other two have five letters. The four-letter words have two vowels and two consonants. The five-letter words have two vowels and three ... do with something bad and the other pair has to do with life. What are the words? -Riddles
Last Answer : Evil Devil Lived Live
Description : Name an eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end. -Riddles
Last Answer : Inkstand - kst is in the middle. 'In' is the beginning, and 'and' ends the word.
Description : What are some cold things beginning with the letter C?
Last Answer : Cool Whip
Description : What are gases beginning with the letter z?
Description : What are 3 letter words beginning with oh?
Last Answer : Ohm, oho, and ohs are three-letter words that begin with'oh'.
Description : Audit programs are modified to suit the circumstances on particular engagements. A complete audit program for an engagement generally should be developed a. Prior to beginning the actual audit work. ... the client's accounting records and procedures. d. When the audit engagement letter is prepared
Last Answer : After the auditor has completed an evaluation of the existing internal accounting contro
Description : What is the reason that in the beginning of encoded file there is data telling which digit/letter represents which word ? a) It is needed to convert the file in compression form b) it is ... convert the file in its original uncompressed form d) it is needed to convert the file in graphical form
Last Answer : c) it is needed to convert the file in its original uncompressed form
Description : Where in the encoded file, one can have the data that tells which digit/letter represents which word ? a) Beginning b) Middle c) Ending d) None of these
Last Answer : a) Beginning
Description : Palliation refers to a) relief of symptoms associated with cancer. Palliation is the goal for care in terminal cancer patients. b) hair loss. Alopecia is the term that refers to hair loss. c) ... the lowest point of white blood cell depression after therapy that has toxic effects on the bone marrow.
Last Answer : a) relief of symptoms associated with cancer. Palliation is the goal for care in terminal cancer patients.
Description : Assertion (A): UV radiation causes photodissociation of ozone into `O_(2)` and O, thus causing damage to the stratospheric change. Reason (R): Ozone h
Last Answer : Assertion (A): UV radiation causes photodissociation of ozone into `O_(2)` and O, thus causing damage ... true but reason is wrong D. Both are wrong
Description : Gene gun can introduced genes into cells with the help of
Last Answer : Gene gun can introduced genes into cells with the help of A. Plasmids B. Cosmide C. Microscopic pellets D. Moringa
Description : What genes are located in these bundles that are found in the nucleus of most cells are?
Last Answer : Chromosomes
Description : What is the threadlike structures in the nucleus of cells that contain genes?
Last Answer : Feel Free to Answer
Description : If one or more of these mutations occurs in the genes of reproductive cells how might the traits of offspring be affected?
Description : Where does the replication of mutated genes occur in human cells?
Description : All the following statements about hormones are true except (A) All of them require specific carriers in plasma (B) All of them require specific receptors in target cells (C) Some of them are subject to feedback regulation (D) Some of them increase the transcription of certain genes
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : Antioxidants help a person maintain good health because they (a) prevent the vitamins deficiency. (b) prevent excessive oxidation of glucose and other carbohydrates. (c) neutralise the free radicals ... metabolism. (d) activate certain genes in the body cells which help delay the ageing process.
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : Consider the following methods by which gene therapy can be performed: 1. By introducing a new gene into the body 2. By the use of stem cells 3. By delivery of genes using gold nanoparticles The correct methods could be: (a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1 and 3 only (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 only
Last Answer : Ans:(a)
Description : Genes are not found in pairs - (1) in body cells (2) in ovary after fertilization (3) in gametes (4) in zygotes
Last Answer : (3) in gametes Explanation: Genes are a part of the chromosome and are found in pairs in somatic cells. One member of the gene pair segregates into a gamete, thus each gamete only carries one member of the gene pair. Gametes unite at random and irrespective of the other gene pairs involved.
Description : Proto-oncogenes are: B A. DNA sequences in cells that are oncogenes themselves B. Cellular copies of genes that were first found in oncogenic retroviruses C. DNA viral sequences that are known to infect human cells D. Bacterial DNA counterparts
Last Answer : Cellular copies of genes that were first found in oncogenic retroviruses
Description : Bacillus thuringiensis forms protein crystals which contain insecticidal protein. This protein (a) binds with epithelial cells of midgut of the insect pest ultimately killing it (b) is coded by several ... pest (d) does not kill the carrier bacterium which is itself resistant to this toxin.
Last Answer : (a) binds with epithelial cells of midgut of the insect pest ultimately killing it
Description : With regard to HLA class 1 antigen: a. they are expressed on all nucleated cells b. they are essential for viral antigen recognition by cytotoxic cells c. the genes for HLA class 1 molecules are located on chromosome 6 and 15 d. all above
Last Answer : all above
Description : The following are true : a. the HLA proteins are found within the cytoplasm of the cells b. HLA class I antigens are expressed on all cells with nuclei c. HLA class II antigens presents ... on chromosome 6 e. HLA tissue typing is carried out in all forms of transplantation to prevent rejection
Last Answer : HLA class I antigens are expressed on all cells with nuclei
Description : Transposons are of particular significance because they a. often contain genes for antibiotic resistance. b. inhibit the effects of overlapping genes. c. come in pairs and often are associated with viruses. d. regulate gene transcription in bacterial cells.
Last Answer : a. often contain genes for antibiotic resistance.
Description : Genes are able to control a cell's fate by determining the synthesis of: a) other genes b) enzymes c) carbohydrates d) fat
Last Answer : ANSWER: B -- ENZYMES