SRT Protein Ligaments

For our experiment, we will test SRT protein ligaments in a variety of conditions to determine the functionality and resilience of SRT protein ligaments relative to artificial and native human ligaments tested under the same conditions. The first test will examine the effects of the internal environment of the human body on SRT proteins. For this section of the experiment, we will place SRT ligaments in a solution analogous, in temperature and acidity, to the environment of the human body. The control group will consist of SRT ligaments stored in saline solution. The SRT protein ligaments placed in the solution analogous to the internal human environment will be the experimental group. In the second test, we will mechanically test the efficacy of the SRT ligaments as compared to native ACL ligaments from human cadavers and autologous tissue ACL ligaments from cadavers. In this test, the native ligaments will comprise the control group and the ligaments created from autologous …show more content…
In addition, the first test will require a 0.90% saline solution maintained at ambient temperature and 7.0 pH in which the control group will be stored. A 0.90% saline solution maintained at 37.0 degrees Celsius and pH 7.15 will be the solution in which the experimental group will be stored. A pH of 7.15 was chosen because this is the pH of resting human muscle cells (University of Mississippi Medical Center, n.d.). For the second test, a total of eleven of each type of ligament, including SRT protein ligaments, ACL ligaments derived from autologous tissue, and native ACL ligaments will be required. The ligaments from the cadavers, both autologous and native ligaments, must be less than ten days old, to prevent the external variable of putrefaction from altering the accuracy of the data. The third test will require forty mice and twenty SRT protein ACL