MCB 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Blood Sugar, Hemoglobin, Homeostasis
29 Aug 2018
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Molecules need to interact before you can even get a reaction. Interactions are relatively weak, is what gives way to reactions. You need to able to correlate intimate minute details with physiological reactions. Goals: ask why and correlate cellular functions to physiological responses. What makes a living thing: reproduction, organization (basis is dependent on water, adaptation and homeostasis, energy transformation. Organization and complexity: basic characteristic of life is high degree of order. Ask the question why it is happening to better understand. Structure affects functions: one amino acid messes up the shape of hemoglobin reducing oxygen retention, amino acid has a different polarity. Adaptation: change with time: your body needs 160g of glucose a day and the brain take 75% of all that, respond to changes in the environment, repair, and renewal, how blood glucose levels are controlled.
