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What is brain plasticity and why is it important? If you wanted to increase your own brain plasticity, what are some things you could do?
"Define Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal patterns of development, and give an example of each one in early infancy."
Define implicit memory and explicit memory. How does implicit memory and explicit memory differ across age? What is working memory?
Problem: Why was Cotton Mather important to History of Disease and medicine?
What factor will decrease the rate of diffusion across a membrane? What happens to red blood cells when they are placed in water?
What is the difference between the informational genetic sequence of Rous sarcoma virus (ASV) and Avian leukosis virus (ALV)?
Question: What are the type of biomolecules found in the cell membrane composed of? Why are they necessary?
Previously, to learn about the effects of different genes, the gene was knocked out before development and in every cell in the organism.
What is the purpose of knocking out genes in model organisms like Drosophila? Choose one gene that you will be knocking out.
Question: Explain how the episome in papilloma virus is activated and causes cancer. Include E6 and E7.
Explain the major consequences of demyelination on axonal function. Tell me what happens to the axon in the demyelinated regions
Problem: How is the classical pathway of complement activated?
In terms of medical ethics, if a man is found to have hepatitis B or C, should the doctor tell the patient's wife or any sexual contact?
Cloning is an asexual way to reproduce life. Today's Molecular Biology Technology makes it possible to clone animals. Do you agree/disagree with cloning humans
What types of cells were expected to express the capsaicin receptor? Why would these neurons express the capsaicin receptor?
How does the mRNA from the vaccine enter the cells of the person who was vaccinated? Name the structure(s) involved.
What did they know about the relationship between capsaicin, a putative capsaicin receptor, and calcium? What is the significance of calcium entry to a cell?
Explain the role of RNA polymerase (I) in the process of transcription. List three of the cellular hallmarks of cancer.
You suspect the person you are working on died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy. What two proteins would you expect to find?
Problem: Explain why it will be nearly impossible to discern what disease Lou Gehrig had.
What is a recombinant protein? Give some examples of the recombinant proteins. What is the source of green fluorescent protein and its use in biology?
Question 1: What is a cancer? Question 2: What are the causes of cancer?
be sure that she understands the purpose of mitosis vs. meiosis in the life of a multi-cellular organism.
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is mediated by protein enzymes that covalently modify histones with methyl-, acetyl- or other chemical groups
Question: During the process of dynamic instability of microtubules, what causes the state known as catastrophe?