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Critical thinking Vaccines and Immunity The immune system is a vitally important system for the human body. When the immune system under or over-reacts major homeostatic imbalances can be detected. Chapter 9 highlighted the immune system and some of the major components to this system. Discuss the importance of antibodies […]

The enzyme papain is a thiol protease, using a mechanism similar to the mechanism used by chymotrypsin, except that there is an active site Cys in papain carrying out the catalytic role played by the active site Ser of chymotrypsin. There is a His residue in papain that plays the […]

Explain “Emphysema results in increased compliance of the lungs so that it does not generate enough recoil, making it difficult for the lungs to return to resting volume. Thus patients are unable to exhale normally, causing a buildup of CO 2 in blood. Patients with emphysema have trouble moving air […]

For 2 different SNP positions, the following associations were observed in a population: SNP1 SNP2 Observed number C T 29C C 3A T 1A C 15 It has been already determined that the genotypic frequencies are not at random. a. Calculate the allele frequencies. b. Calculate the genotypic frequencies. c. […]