Assignment 1: Discussion-Materials Science: Designing Form to Fit Function Materials science is an interdisciplinary field where science and technology are used to develop and apply our understanding of matter at the atomic level to improve existing or to make new materials. It is a fusion of the basic scientific fields […]

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 […]