The experimental drug Neostop is very effective in slowing the growth of malignant gastrointestinal tumours but also has the side effect of greatly reducing capillary permeability, particularly in the...

The experimental drug Neostop is very effective in slowing the growth of malignant gastrointestinal tumours but also has the side effect of greatly reducing capillary permeability, particularly in the lungs and the heart.


A gastroenterologist said 'the loss of capillary permeability as a result of Neostop seems to be permanent and quite severe'.




(a)First, please discuss the likely effects of Neostop on specific functioning of the lungs and the heart.


(b)Second, please explain how the effects you have discussed in (a) are likely to affect a person's health.


You will find very little information about Neostop in medical journals, textbooks or on the internet. Therefore, you need to answer this essay question by using your own knowledge of normal and abnormal physiology to logically argue the consequences of greatly reduced capillary permeability in the lungs and the heart.