Julianna Triano Block 4 November 19‚ 2010 Blood Donation Imagine a happy healthy teen. He does well in school and is easy to get along with. Imagine he is diagnosed with leukemia and requires daily platelet and blood transfusions just to stay alive. Now‚ imagine he has a rare blood type that requires him to be moved to a larger hospital for treatment. This is just another thing for him and his family to worry about. Similar stories happen every day in the United States. It is estimated that
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Recent studies of stem cells have played are very important because they show promise in helping man solve or at least grasp the solution to the diseases that have haunted him since his early days of conscious. The idea of stem cells is kind of a simple idea. This brings us to the first promise‚ not only are stem cells able to be taken from the human body‚ but scientists are now able to grow these cells in labs. The most worried over part is that when obtaining the cells‚ it doesn’t always
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MANUAL BLOOD PRESSURE ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE 2 Abstract: Taking a blood pressure reading is very important in the medical field. It is a way to detect cardiovascular health and treatment effectiveness. Blood pressure readings are one of the most popular tests being done in the healthcare setting. Recording a blood pressure consists of a number of steps‚ which were recently revised by the American Heart Association in the past few years. Because of the endless amount of misled readings and
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In Cold Blood Essay (Question 3) In the novel In Cold Blood‚ Truman Capote portrays Perry Smith as both a victim and a hero in order to make the reader connect more sympathetically with Smith‚ thus making him the protagonist of the text. Protagonists are generally the character with whom readers sense the author has the most sympathy. Throughout the text Smith is constantly portrayed as the victim. In the first introduction regarding Smith describing his physical appearance prior to the murders
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and my blood came into view. I felt horrified when the doctor squeezed my finger and I saw my own blood smear onto my skin. Immediately‚ I sensed that I would never outgrow my fear of blood. My imagination overpowered my reasoning at such a young age; my first experience with a piercing needle made me think that I could never handle blood and would always squeamishly tremble at its sight. Although I have always wanted to help those in need‚ I repeatedly rejected the idea to ever donate blood during
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Science 9-Biology Observing Cell Division Lab Purpose: To use the microscope to observe and sketch plant cells and animal cells in various stages of the cell cycle. Equipment and Materials: Compound Microscope Laptops Prepared Slide of Onion (Allium) Root Tips Prepared Slide of Whitefish Mitosis BC Science 9 Text pg. 162-163 Part 1-Plant Cells Procedure: 1. Take a prepared slide of an onion tip root and observe it under low power
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The effect of temperature on beet cell membranes Introduction: A cell membrane of a beet (Beta Vulgaris) is made up of a phospholipid bilayer with embedded proteins and cholesterols. The membrane is responsible for organizing the cell‚ protecting it from the exterior environment‚ as well as responsible for regulating what goes in and out of the cell though it’s protein channels and “selectively permeable” bilayer. (Campbell‚ Reece‚ Taylor & Simon‚ 2006‚ p. 79-80) When this membrane is damaged
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Cell Specialisation All cells are designed to perform a particular job within an organism‚ that is‚ to sustain life. Cells can become specialized to perform a particular function within an organism‚ usually as part of a larger tissue consisting of many of the same cells working together for example muscle cells. The cells combine together for a common purpose. All organisms will contain specialised cells. There are hundreds of types of specialised cells. Below is listed some of the major ones
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characteristics of a healthy cell and a cancer cell is very different. Healthy cells stop reproducing when there are enough cells‚ however‚ cancer cells continue to reproduce. Due to this continued growth a tumor‚ which is a cluster of cancer cells‚ is formed. Cancer cells do not interact with other cells like the healthy cells. Healthy cells stop growing when they hear signals from the nearby cells‚ in contrast‚ cancer cells do not respond to these signals. When healthy cells get old or damaged they
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The issue of blood sports has been gradually becoming significant over the past years‚ where influences have been seen in animals. Some advocate that blood sports should be banned‚ whereas some oppose to the idea. It appears that blood sports are considered to be popular activities in a number of places‚ which represents that some population enjoy this particular sport for several reasons. Rumour has it that blood sport is one way to bring excitement to life for both the contestants and audience
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