Certain patients have a genetic disorder affecting a protein that provides support to the mitochondria of all the cells in the body. Yet the patients die of heart attacks. One explanation for why the heart, in particular is targeted might be; a. The loss of mitochondrial function in other tissues […]

Discussion Part Two (graded) Physical examination Vital Signs: Height: 5 feet 7 inches Weight: 170 pounds Waist Circumference – 32 inches BP 130/84 T 98.0 po P 92 regular R 22, non-labored HEENT: normocephalic, symmetric. Evidence of prior cataract surgery in both eyes. PERRLA, EOMI, cerumen impaction bilateral ears. Several broken […]

Hydrogen peroxide decomposes to water and oxygen. Discuss the molecular mechanisms behind the difference in rates or activation energy of the uncatalyzed reaction, the reaction catalyzed by ferric ions, and the reaction catalyzed by the enzyme catalase. Why is the activation energy barrier essential for life as we know it? […]

Q1. Barbara McClintock, famous for discovering that genes might move within genomes, had her meticulous work ignored for nearly 4 decades, but eventually won the Nobel Prize. Why was her work so distrusted? Q2. Structures as different as human arms, bat wings, and dolphin flippers contain many of same bones, […]