NUTRITION
THE HUMAN BODY
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Detailed explanation-1: -A placebo is sometimes called a “sugar pill.” In general, the placebo usually looks like the drug or other treatment being studied, but it has no active ingredients. People who participate in cancer clinical trials may receive a placebo, which is not considered to have any benefit.
Detailed explanation-2: -A control group is an experimental condition that does not receive the actual treatment and may serve as a baseline. A control group may receive a placebo or they may receive no treatment at all.
Detailed explanation-3: -In order to make sure a new drug or vaccine is effective, studies often use a placebo or control group. Placebos are “sugar pills” or “dummy drugs” with no active ingredients and are made to look like the real medicine.