Is V more of a freedom fighter or terrorist?
I feel V is proceeding with the actions of a terrorist, but he has good intentions. I think he has the motives and intentions of a freedom fighter, although the steps that he is taking are done poorly, in the way of a terrorist. That is probably why some people are afraid of him and others are choosing to fight against him, rather than with him.
This a picture of Charis, in the middle of teaching my class about plurepotent stem cells, along with adult stem cells and embryos.
During our conversation, Charis was currently in Vancouver (close to science world) but, she was born in Germany. She has currently been working for Stem Cell Technologies for about 6 months. Before, we started the Skype call, my class got in groups and came up with a series of questions to ask her. I feel that this was a great learning experience for myself and others. Talking with her really helped me prepare for my test and have a better understanding of stem cells.
Some of the questions we asked were…
“Around 80 diseases can already be treated, mostly to do with blood”
2. How do people you work with feel about the stem cell controversy?
“Most of them don’t like it very much, so they choose to use an alternative”
3. Are there other ways to obtain plurepotent cells?
“The way to obtain plurepotent stem cells are through a human embryo”
During this chat I have learned many things including, she attended university in the UK and that is where she got her PhD, a human induced plurepotent stem cell can be formed to make any type of cell and lastly, plurepotent cells can treat many blood diseases.
Hello, I am a negative mutation known as Turner Syndrome. I tend to affect most females. My history can sometimes be confusing so I’ll explain it to you. When I was a gene, the SHOX part of me was missing on the X chromosome. The SHOX is a gene for long bone growth. That is why all my hosts are usually on the shorter side. The other missing genes regulate ovarian development.
My mutation was caused by when a female/my host is missing one out of two X chromosomes in the female cell, if it’s not missing then it’s structurally altered. An easier way to explain it is that my mutation was caused by deletion. One of my chromosomes was taken away instead of added or replaced.
30% of my hosts have extra folds of skin on their neck, often referred to “webbed neck”, a low hairline on the back of their neck, swelling in the hands and feet, abnormalities with bone structure and/or kidney problems. About one third to one half of the hosts are born with heart problems too. The complications with those problems can sometimes be life threatening. Most of the females have normal intelligence, BUT, developmental delays, nonverbal learning disabilities and behavioral issues are also possible.
My mutation has many affects on my hosts life, such as a shorter height (due to the missing SHOX gene), and her ovaries would never function properly. Due to this, she would be infertile (the inability to conceive a child). The host I have a affected right now has to go under surgery for hormone replacement so she can properly develop breasts, female body contour, proper bone growth and her menstrual cycle. My hosts lifetime is also affected by having difficulty being in certain social situations.
If you have never heard of me before, now you can say you have a whole new respect for how I am.
The questions I asked to create my mutation story was “what happened Turner syndrome as a gene?” and “how does turner syndrome affect a person’s life?”. I used the combination of internet and google search engine as I worked through this project. The process of this project went pretty well, what I would of done differently is, a little more research with more detail
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What is the difference between surface area and volume?
Surface area is the sum of all the areas for the faces on a solid shape. Volume is the number of cubic units in a solid shape. Volume is also measured in cubic units, while surface area is measured in square units.
For example:
Surface area= 52 u²
Volume= 24 u³
In class today we were learning about DNA models. Here I have a picture of a DNA model we created made out of edible materials. This prepresents the double helix DNA model, which carries the instructions for cell function.
