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how would SEC (size-exclusive chromatography) enhance (or not) for protein purification and why? What advantages or...

how would SEC (size-exclusive chromatography) enhance (or not) for protein purification and why? What advantages or disadvantages? What could

be done in the future for greater purification?

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The patient is a 62 year old female with nausea and abdominal pain. Routine screening endoscopy...

The patient is a 62 year old female with nausea and abdominal pain. Routine screening endoscopy shows a diffuse gastritis and biopsy reveals small bacteria in the superficial gastric mucus.

What type of organisms do you suspect?

The biopsy also shows lymphoepithelial lesions with lymphocytes invading and destroying gastric glands. The gastric mucosa is diffusely infiltrated by small mature lymphocytes. What is your diagnosis?


How should this patient be treated?

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Once COVID-19 infected the host cell (human), its components (COVID-19 proteins) can be made. Name and...

Once COVID-19 infected the host cell (human), its components (COVID-19 proteins) can be made.

Name and explain the process involved

1. Name:

2. Process:

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When a plant grows, the atoms used come from carbon dioxide in the air and water....

When a plant grows, the atoms used come from carbon dioxide in the air and water. Plants are able to accomplish this through the process of photosynthesis, cellular respiration and biosynthesis of macromolecules.

Where does the energy come from that allow plants to synthesize the necessary biological macromolecules that allow it to grow? Hint: It is NOT from sunlight. Explain your answer.

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Lysozyme is an enzyme produced by humans that also targets peptidoglycan. Does it have the same...

Lysozyme is an enzyme produced by humans that also targets peptidoglycan. Does it have the same mechanism of action as the penicillins and cephalosporins? Explain.

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The CDC’s National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System. Discuss the strengths of the current surveillance system, the...

The CDC’s National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System. Discuss the strengths of the current surveillance system, the gaps you identified, and why these gaps occur. discuss the global challenges of coordinating surveillance between multiple countries and provide an example highlighting the challenges. what could other governments and agencies, such as the WHO and the CDC do to strengthen global diseases surveillance system?

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What key elements have the biggest impact in human eye color and does modern biology give...

What key elements have the biggest impact in human eye color and does modern biology give any tools to define the color of the future child’s eyes based on his or her parents’ eyes? Is it only genetics that stands behind eye color? Please use an in-depth investigative response. 1200 words. Thank you!

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9. A ___________ life table would be most appropriate for a population of sessile barnacles, whereas...

9. A ___________ life table would be most appropriate for a population of sessile barnacles, whereas a _________________ life table would be most appropriate for a population of baitfish such as herring. *

2 points

a. static; composition

b. cohort; stable

c. static; cohort

d. cohort; static

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1. Glycolysis 2. Transition step 3. TCA cycle 4. Electron transport chain For each of the...

1. Glycolysis

2. Transition step

3. TCA cycle

4. Electron transport chain

For each of the above, answer the following questions:

Where in the cell does it take place? Prokaryote vs Eukaryote

Number of ATP molecules produced?

Number of NADH/FADH2 produced?

What goes in, and what leaves? (reactants vs end products)

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What is the relationship between diabetes, glucose in food, saliva, microvilli, blood transport of glucose, beta...

What is the relationship between diabetes, glucose in food, saliva, microvilli, blood transport of glucose, beta cells of pancreas, diabetes- elevated blood glucose, glomerulus, glucose in urine? Major emphasis on RELATIONSHIP

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true or false: 1. in order to lose one pound of body fat, a person need...

true or false:
1. in order to lose one pound of body fat, a person need to exercise for 3500 second
2. the EER includes the amount of physical activity you engage in as compared to the BMR which is simply a calculation of calories needed to sustain life.
3. BMI is an indication of overall cholesterol and glucose levels

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Differentiate between maternal inheritance and nuclear/general inheritance. Explain how transformation was discovered and how it relates...

  1. Differentiate between maternal inheritance and nuclear/general inheritance.

  2. Explain how transformation was discovered and how it relates to the material of inheritance.

  3. Explain how bacteriophage were used to show that DNA was the material of inheritance.

  4. Explain how mutations are the toolbox of the geneticist and how mutations can be induced.

  5. Explain the tetranucleotide hypothesis and how it was refuted by Chargaff. Explain the numerical relationships between nucleotides in a DNA molecule.

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Describe three different lead discovery approaches (other than rational)!? And how would you discover a lead...

Describe three different lead discovery approaches (other than rational)!?

And how would you discover a lead by a rational approach?

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How do CD4 and CD8 coreceptors facilitate signaling through the TCR?

How do CD4 and CD8 coreceptors facilitate signaling through the TCR?

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VNTRs are useful in DNA forensics because ________. a. the VNTRs act as an identifier for...

VNTRs are useful in DNA forensics because ________.

a. the VNTRs act as an identifier for a group of individuals

b. the VNTRs have very little variation in length

c. the VNTRs have exactly the same sequence between people

d. the number of VNTRs varies between people

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