Biology

Imagine you are a medical researcher in charge of investigating a new disease outbreak. In order to treat this new disease, doctors must understand more about this pathogen, the disease-causing agent. The pathogen could be one of three possibilities: a prokaryotic cell, a eukaryotic cell, or a virus. In general, viruses are infectious particles that […]

Take a minute to think about any old painful memories you’ve had in your past. Without sharing the specific memory, decide whether or not you would want to have the memory remove or preserved? Why did you make that decision? How would your life change if that memory wasn’t with you anymore? Criteria: Minimum 500 […]

To accurately test a hypothesis we must be able to measure the relationship we are testing. This requires assigning numerical values to “poverty”, “population”, and “environmental degradation.” In addition, if we are going to test for the presence of something, we need to know what the situation looks like when that phenomenon is missing. (Known […]

https://vimeo.com/37064053 – Watch the video The Properties of Water to observe examples of cohesion and adhesion and to review the importance of water for living organisms. http://lab.concord.org/embeddable.html#interactives/sam/intermolecular-attractions/6-hydrogen-bonds-a-special-type-of-attraction.json- Explore the interactive activity on hydrogen bonds and temperature using the directions for virtual lab provided below to study covalent and hydrogen bonds in water. https://www.epa.gov/p2/pollution-prevention-tips-water-conservation- Visit the […]

Do a little web surfing on your own and discover some specific uses of plants. Look for two plants used as medicines, foods, building materials, artistic uses, etc. Be creative, but ready to justify why this is important to human kind. Once you’ve decided on two plants, look for at least 3 websites related to […]

Discussion Board Assignment #2 – Neutrophil Extracellular Traps 1818 unread replies.1818 replies. Discussion Board Assignment #2: Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Inflammation is one of the crucial processes of innate immunity that alerts the immune system and recruits the needed cells, clears the damaged area, and then sets the stage for subsequent tissue repair or regeneration. Despite […]

View the Short Film “Got Lactase – The Coevolution of Genes and Culture” Provide detailed answers to the following questions. Be sure that you use complete sentences and explain your points completely for full credit. 1. Detail why the enzyme lactase is important for the digestion of milk. 2. How can an individual be tested […]