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B3: Quiz 7
B3: Quiz 7
1) Explain why you cannot treat measles with antibiotics.
2) Give an example of a drug that relieves the symptoms of an infection rather than the infection itself.
3) Why is it tricky to develop drugs that kill viruses?
4)
a) What does it mean if a bacterium is antibiotic resistant?
b) What is happening to the number of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria over time?
5)
a) Traditionally, what type of organism were most drugs extracted from?
b) Where does the painkiller aspirin come from?
c) Where does digitalis come from and what is it used to treat?
d) What organism was penicillin discovered from and who discovered it?
e) How are most drugs made now?
f) Why is the rainforest so important with respect to the development of new drugs?
2) Give an example of a drug that relieves the symptoms of an infection rather than the infection itself.
3) Why is it tricky to develop drugs that kill viruses?
4)
a) What does it mean if a bacterium is antibiotic resistant?
b) What is happening to the number of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria over time?
5)
a) Traditionally, what type of organism were most drugs extracted from?
b) Where does the painkiller aspirin come from?
c) Where does digitalis come from and what is it used to treat?
d) What organism was penicillin discovered from and who discovered it?
e) How are most drugs made now?
f) Why is the rainforest so important with respect to the development of new drugs?