Review Sheet Results (1) 1. List the hematocrits for the healthy male (sample 1) and female (sample 2) living in Boston (at sea level) and indicate whether they are normal or whether they indicate anemia or polycythemia. 1. The hematocrit value for the healthy male: 48 2. The hematocrit value for the healthy female: 44 Both values are normal because they are between the normal ranges: for males between 42-52% and for females between 42-47%. 2. Describe the difference between the hematocrits
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Thao Tran Prof.Thomas Hematology 09/08/2012 Sickle Cell Disease Blood has been considered the essence of life for centuries‚ and our blood is a living tissue made up of liquid and solids. There are many diseases related to blood such as anemia which is the decrease in oxygen supply to tissue and causes hypoxia‚ thalassemia is the mutation in one or more globin gene of hemoglobin‚ etc. Therefore‚ one of blood disorders is the most common symptomatic hemoglobinopathy with the greatest prevalence
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Abstract This paper will contain some important and main information about humans’ circulatory system. One of the most important systems our body has if not THE most important since one of its organs is the heart. We will focus on senior citizens. As we age‚ our organs’ working mechanism becomes slower and our muscles tend to be less flexible or elastic and that is why we think the information we will provide‚ will be very useful. Some of the talking points will be: • General function of the
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Blood Quiz 1. The most abundant leukocytes are _____. a. Basophils b. Monocytes c. Lymphocytes d. Neutrophils – ANS 2. Platelet formation is regulated by ______. e. Interleukin-2 f. Thrombopoietin - ANS g. Plasmin h. Erythropoietin 3. In a centrifuged sample of blood‚ what makes up the buffy coat? i. Plasma j. WBC and platelets - ANS k. RBC l. Platelets only 4. What is hematocrit a measure of? Hematocrit
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abnormal genes causes a person’s body to make hemoglobin S. People who become infected with SCD inherit two abnormal hemoglobin genes‚ one from each parent.When a person has two hemoglobin S genes‚ Hemoglobin SS‚ the disease is known as sickle cell anemia. This seems to be the most common and often the most extreme kind of SCD. Hemoglobin SS starts from lack of oxygen
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malaria‚ this mutation can also lead to sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell specialist Dr. Ronald Nagel stresses the genetic variety necessary for the existence of a species. A gene known as HbS was the center of a medical detective story that began in the middle 1940s in Africa. Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia‚ a serious inherited blood disease‚ were more likely to survive malaria. What was confusing was why sickle cell anemia was so dominant in some African populations. How
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SICKLE CELL ANEMIA Tina Thompson‚ Ashley Scott‚ Araceli Galindo‚ Roshanda Dixon‚ Kristen Wyatt‚ Kimberly Dennis What is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle cell anemia is a severe hemolytic anemia resulting in a sickle shaped hemoglobin molecule. It is an inherited disorder with some having sickle cell trait and some having sickle cell disease. The sickle hemoglobin gene is known as the HbS gene. It is found predominantly in people of African descent and occasionally in those of Mediterranean descent
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The benefits of hydroxyurea therapy in sickle cell anemia are extensive and well established‚ and were first demonstrated by the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia‚ a double blind‚ placebo controlled trial in 299 adults with sickle cell anemia. The clinical trial‚ which lasted for 21 months‚ showed that patients with sickle cell anemia treated with hydroxyurea had dramatically fewer painful episodes than those who received placebos. Firstly‚ among the 299 adults studied at 21
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Understanding the Functions of Proteins and DNA Ingrid Waldron‚ Biology Department‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ 2012 These key concepts and activities are suggested as part of an introductory unit on biological molecules (or as an introduction to a unit on molecular biology). The overarching goal is to help students understand that proteins and DNA are not just abstract concepts in biology textbooks but rather crucial components of our bodies that affect familiar functions and characteristics
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pregnancy are common happen to pregnant women because woman body need a lot of nutrient to develop the growth of the fetus and also for pregnant women herself [3]. There are 3 types of anemic during pregnancy such as‚ iron-deficiency anemia‚ folate deficiency anemia and Vitamin B12 deficiency [3]. Some of the
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