BIOL 213 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Unified Atomic Mass Unit, Extracellular Fluid, National Institutes Of Health
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Three thousand volunteers were split into two groups. For two weeks, members of group a took 3,000 mg of vitamin c daily. Group b received 3,000 mg of a placebo. At the end of the two-week period, the researchers inserted live cold viruses directly into the noses of all the volunteers. The volunteers in both group a and b continued to take their daily pills. All the volunteers got colds, and there was no significant difference in the length of time the colds lasted. Which was the experimental group: group a only, group b only, all 3,000 volunteers, the researchers that inserted the cold virus, 15 daltons, 16 daltons, 30 daltons, 31 daltons, 46 daltons. The exposure of dna to excessive levels of ultraviolet radiation produces thymine (a nucleotide) dimers, which, if unrepaired, can lead to production of skin cancer. The amino acids of the protein keratin are arranged in an helix.