June 2010 LSAT - Section 1 - Question 24
Emil-Kunkin August 24, 2023
Hi, the passage starts by telling us that mammals can't make sugar from wood because we can't digest a component of it. Mushrooms however can. The way the make sugar is something called BG, and it's branched. The more branched it is, the better the mushroom sugar is at fighting cancer. The way it fights cancer is by making one's immune cells fight the cancer.Shula August 29, 2023
Thank you so much, Emil!Emil-Kunkin August 29, 2023
You're on the right track by slowing down, but I think the key is that this isn't really a science passage. It's about various things, but if you replace the science terms with ones from linguistics, economics, or art history. They aren't testing your understanding of the science, but of the argument itself. Notice that I didn't even try to understand what it means to be branched, or what bg actually is.