Medicines to Treat Disease
Key questions on the Medicines to Treat Disease unit of AS Science in Society.
- Created by: Jakki Nevill
- Created on: 05-05-10 17:09
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2. What is a 'double blind' test?
- A test in which only blind people can participate
- A test where neither the doctors nor the patients know who is recieving the drug and who is recieving the placebo
- A test where the patients and doctors are blindfolded
3. Why are double-blind studies important?
- They aren't.
- They prevent bias
- They are more accurate
4. What is In Vitro screening and what does it mean?
- Tests are done on groups of cells to test the responses of enzymes/cells/organs. 'In vitro' means 'in glass'
- Testing on animals to check the responses of a living organism. 'In vitro' means 'in cell'
5. Tests on animals may be unreliable because they may react in greatly different ways to how a human would
- True
- False
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