Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Animals, plants, and humans

Independent variable is a variable that is changed to observe It's affect on the Dependent variable. Dependent variable is It changes when the independent variable changes. On the corn experiment, the ECB was the independent and the corn was the dependent, with out the ECB the corn wouldn't have grown. So you had to have both variables to have good corn.Also, it depended on how you grew your corn, like if you wanted it to be infected or not.

Clinical trials are health-related research studies in humans and follow a protocol.Usually drugs or devices for humans are tested on small animals. It goes through different phases if it works on the animals, like how the drug or device should be used. Researchers must inform the patients of the different possibilities before the patient decides to participate. If it is approved and workshops then that's when it comes out on commercials and things like that.

I researched controlled phase clinical trial of Idebenone in Patients with Primary progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis(MS) is an inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system that weakens and destroys the pathways of the nervous system. The purpose is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using idebenone to treat progressive multiple sclerosis. The duration of the study is seven years. The outcome of this trial is the Inhibition of development of the brain compares to individualized rates of progression ofbetween atrophy between idebenone and placebo. To participate in this study you have to be 18years-65years of age who have been diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. A placebo is a fake medication or treatment designed to resemble a drug or treatment and given in the same way. Also this relates to the double blind study which is an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment.

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