Question

Dr. Garcia is performing an experiment to see how cell division in flies is affected by the addition of a certain protein, called protein W, into a cell's cytoplasm. She has found that adding protein W to a cell drastically reduces the chances of the cell becoming cancerous. For protein W to be developed into a cancer treatment, what comparison should she make?

Answer 1

Answer:

She needs to compare with human cells, human and animal models.

Explanation:

A lot of research needs to happen to develop a treatment for cancer cells. There are some steps before a protein can be used in cancer treatment, like:

• the research was made using flies. Recent studies demonstrate that Drosophila melanogaster's (known as flies) are a good model to evaluate cancer processes ; although the study need to be done in human cells and in some animal models (like mice) to see the effectiveness of the protein;
• studies to see if the protein is effective and safe to other cells of the body;
• Its important to see if this protein doesn't attack "good cells", causing injuries to the body; or doesn't cause side effects that are harmful to the body;
• studies need to be conduct using humans, to again, to see how effective and safe is the protein.

Answer 2

Dr. Garcia should compare fly cells to human cells.