[ORDER SOLUTION] Weight-Loss Drug
For this weeks discussion, read the case study Wrestling with Weight Loss: The Dangers of a Weight-Loss Drug. This case study was also part of your Week 6 homework assignment, so most of this reading should be review. Answer the following questions (from the case study) in your discussion post about DNP:What did you know about the mitochondria before taking this course? What have you learned so far in 153?If you poke a hole in the inner mitochondrial membrane, what might the cell do to reestablish previous levels of ATP to survive? List all the possibilities you can think of.Explain in your own words what it means when we say that DNP is a mitochondrial uncoupler. What does it uncouple?Based on your understanding of the mechanism of action of DNP, how dangerous do you think DNPreally is?For an athlete, what are the consequences of ATP depletion?Should Connor take DNP to lose weight?