Read about vitamins and minerals in the Zimmerman and Snow text, pgs. 21-24, and then conduct further research to learn about the differences in classification between the two micronutrient categories and within the categories. Answer the following questions: Explain how vitamins and minerals are classified?  What are some of the differences between […]

Years ago, a newspaper headline read “Scientists Create Life.” Scientists had strung together a chain of nucleotides to make a strand of DNA. This was the first time DNA had been synthesized in a laboratory; it has been synthesized many times since that first headline. Based on what you now […]

Question: Assume you are walking on the beach when you step on a shell and cut your foot. Four cells of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria are transferred from the shell and deposited deep inside the cut. 72 hours later, the cut has become extremely painful and you go to the doctor. If […]

Two new chemicals have just been made by one of our colleagues in the medicinal chemistry area. The discoverer thinks that these chemicals will improve memory, so we test these drugs called A and B. In order to test the drugs, we take examinations after ingesting various amounts of the […]