1. Describe the intimate relationship between the hypothalamus of the brain and the pituitary gland that sits just below it. Although the pituitary is called the master gland because of its influence over other endocrine glands, describe how the hypothalamus controls the pituitary gland, demonstrating the close relationship between the […]

Develop an argument based on the readings in Module/Week 1, addressing the following issues: How do public health and healthcare delivery systems complement and compete with each other? Who are the influential parties and opinion leaders in the components of these systems at the various levels? Where are the consistencies and […]

Genes may be structural genes that encode polypeptides, or they may be nonstructural genes. A eukaryotic structural gene contains two introns and three exons: exon 1-intron 1-exon 2-intron 2-exon 3. The 5? splice site at the boundary between exon 2 and intron 2 has been eliminated by a small deletion […]

You run a set of reactions to determine the reaction rate as a function of substrate concentration and notice that the rate decreases as your substrate concentration increases. You suspect that either the substrate or the product is inhibiting the reaction. Describe the experiments you would conduct to determine which compound is inhibitory. […]