Plasma

There are a number of drugs that bind to plasma proteins. The weak acids and neutral drugs tend to bind to albumin (the range of drugs binding is the widest) which is one of the most common proteins found in blood plasma. This binding to the plasma proteins can play a significant role in determining drug distribution. This binding also plays a role in drug dynamics in that only the unbound or free drugs interact with the receptors and penetrate the cell membranes. Albumin along with others (i.e.…

The results of the experiment showed a significant change in plasma glucose and serum cortisol concentrations of the sheep that were administered insulin which validates the hypothesis of the experiment. Glucose does not readily penetrate cell membranes as cell membranes are composed of phospholipids and glucose is hydrophilic and lipophobic due to the hydroxyl groups (Klein, 2013). Insulin, the major hormone that controls plasma glucose concentrations, increases the permeability of the liver,…

Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. More than 38,000 blood donations are needed everyday. The American Red Cross has been around since 1881 when Clara Barton founded it. Clara began to bring supplies to the battle field to help the soldiers. She saw there was a need to help soldiers, and since then the Red Cross has been helping people everyday. The founding of the American Red Cross has helped by helping with blood supply, disasters, and our country with health and safety.…

The Ethics and Economical Aspects of Donating Blood Blood is a crucial part in many medical procedures and emergencies in which organizations such as the American Red Cross are constantly advocating the public to donate it. They advertise that while you are doing a simple task, you may be saving someone’s life. In a study done by Johanne Charbonneau, who has a Ph.D in political science and Natalie Y-Lang Tran, it was found that most people gave blood because they considered it a “useful”…

I conducted an in-person interview that took place in the home of the interviewee in Phoenix, Arizona. The interview was conducted on October 21st and lasted about 2 hours. I will be referring to my interviewee as “Dona” in order to protect her identity and keep her completely anonymous. For my interview I decided to take careful notes and directly transcribe the responses during the interview. As the interview began I noticed that “Dona” was responding with generic answers and gave minimal…

Women had a very big role in the Civil War. Nurses paved the way for nurses in the future, while saving lives. Women were not only nurses, but in the civil war, they were so much more. Clara Barton was a woman who worked as a Clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in Washington D.C. She later paved the way for women and nurses in the future. She briefly made the same amount of money as a man did. They pay did not last long. After she was a clerk, she got recruited to be a nurse in the Civil War. She…

An estimated 1.4 million blood donations are annually assimilated by The Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) in Australia alone. ARCBS uses this picture as propaganda to persuade the adult audience to aid hospital patients by donating blood. The message of this ad is that ARCBS is majorly in need of blood contributions and also of money. The significance of this ad is to be able to reveal to the audience the desperate need of blood and money donations The purpose of this image is to…

Effect of Platelet Rich Plasma in acne scars: comparison with pretreatment condition Nadia Zakir (MD), Tarang Goyal, MD, Dr Zakir is from Muzaffarnagar medical college, Muzaffarnagar. Dr Goyal is from Muzaffarnagar medical college, Muzaffarnagar. Department of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, Muzaffarnagar Medical College and Hospital, Muzaffarnagar (U.P), India The authors report no conflict of interest Correspondence: ABSTRACT: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of…

Diffusion Across a Plasma Membrane Lab The purpose of this lab was to learn about the permeability of plasma membranes. In this experiment, dialysis tubing was used to simulate the semipermeable plasma membrane of a caterpillar’s intestine. Cooked starch was prepared and mixed with the enzyme amylase to simulate the mixing of the caterpillar’s saliva with a starch/leaf and then placed in the dialysis tubing to simulate the beginning of the digestive process. The enzyme amylase breaks down…

Condensate stands for condensation because the molecules get denser and more packed together because they form a liquid from a gas. Bose-Einstein condensates are the exact opposite of plasmas. Plasmas are super hot and excited molecules while in condensates they are super not excited and are freezing. When gases condensate, the atoms lose energy and begin to slow down and collect together to create a single droplet of water. When you boil…