How can I relate an aspect of physical science to medicine? (Specifically acids and bases, unless you reply quickly.)?

(Specifically acids and bases, unless you reply quickly. ) Physical science is about nonliving things, but I'm supposed to relate it to my field of study which is medicine. Viruses aren't alive and the professor said DNA is nonliving so you could study that in physical science.

If I have a topic by Thursday, I may still be able to change it, but my current topic is acids and bases. I know they are important in the body. The pH in a woman's reproductive system affects the sperm that enter it.

The pH of tomatoes on a lead (?) platter caused them to be poison. What other points could I make with acids and bases and the body? Or, if you reply quickly, do you have a better physical science topic that relates to medicine?

What points could I make and where can I find credible sources? Asked by Anonymous 42 months ago Similar questions: relate aspect physical science medicine Specifically acids bases reply quickly Science.

Similar questions: relate aspect physical science medicine Specifically acids bases reply quickly.

It's pretty broad You've talked mostly about p-chem, but there's more to physical science than physical chemistry. Basic physics shows up a lot in medicine. Biomechanics, calculating how forces are applied to bones by muscles and tendons, requires a serious physics discipline.

Or looking at it from the other side, you can examine the way physical trauma affects the human body, from breaking a leg to getting shot. I'm not quite clear about what the professor means by "nonliving", because that's in fact nearly everything. All of biochemistry is really studying the interactions of non-living compounds (alkanes, esters, lipids, ions, membranes) that happen to make up living bodies.

The people who study it are chemists rather than physicians, but the field crosses into the medical territory whenever you want to experiment on living subjects.

OK, unless I am missing something here, you pretty much already described a great topic. Namely, DNA. You deem DNA to be nonliving, and it is studied by analytical chemistry and computational chemistry, and it is chemically manipulated by organic chemistry and biochemistry.It is hard to imagine any other nonliving substance that is more important to the human body!

Every cell, every biological process, every disease, you name it, all relate to DNA. So, for example, you could easily find many diseases that are the direct result of DNA mutation. Gene therapy is also one of the premier new methods that scientists are looking at to cure many diseases.

By sequencing all or part of a person's DNA, you could predict which illness that person is prone to, and you could design drugs to counter that. If a person has cancer, you can sometimes sequence small parts of the cancer cells to predict which drugs will be effective in treating it, or to design better drugs that are tailored to that particular cancer. These are only a very few ways you can relate the physical science study of DNA to human health.

1 You could discuss the disorders of blood pH - Alkalosis and Acidosis. (This was a plot factor in The Andromeda Stain)Acidosis is excessive blood acidity caused by an overabundance of acid in the blood or a loss of bicarbonate from the blood (metabolic acidosis), or by a buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood that results from poor lung function or slow breathing (respiratory acidosis). Metabolic acidosis develops when the amount of acid in the body is increased through ingestion of a substance that is, or can be metabolized to, an acid—such as wood alcohol (methanol), antifreeze (ethylene glycol), or large doses of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid)merck.com/mmhe/sec12/ch159/ch159b.htmlAl... is excessive blood alkalinity caused by an overabundance of bicarbonate in the blood or a loss of acid from the blood (metabolic alkalosis), or by a low level of carbon dioxide in the blood that results from rapid or deep breathing.

Respiratory alkalosis develops when rapid, deep breathing (hyperventilation) causes too much carbon dioxide to be expelled from the bloodstream. The most common cause of hyperventilation, and thus respiratory alkalosis, is anxiety. merck.com/mmhe/sec12/ch159/ch159c.html"The body is very sensitive to its pH level.

Outside the range of pH that is compatible with life, proteins are denatured and digested, enzymes lose their ability to function, and the body is unable to sustain itself. "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid-base_homeostasis .

You could discuss the disorders of blood pH - Alkalosis and Acidosis. (This was a plot factor in The Andromeda Stain)Acidosis is excessive blood acidity caused by an overabundance of acid in the blood or a loss of bicarbonate from the blood (metabolic acidosis), or by a buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood that results from poor lung function or slow breathing (respiratory acidosis). Metabolic acidosis develops when the amount of acid in the body is increased through ingestion of a substance that is, or can be metabolized to, an acid—such as wood alcohol (methanol), antifreeze (ethylene glycol), or large doses of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid)merck.com/mmhe/sec12/ch159/ch159b.htmlAl... is excessive blood alkalinity caused by an overabundance of bicarbonate in the blood or a loss of acid from the blood (metabolic alkalosis), or by a low level of carbon dioxide in the blood that results from rapid or deep breathing.

Respiratory alkalosis develops when rapid, deep breathing (hyperventilation) causes too much carbon dioxide to be expelled from the bloodstream. The most common cause of hyperventilation, and thus respiratory alkalosis, is anxiety. merck.com/mmhe/sec12/ch159/ch159c.html"The body is very sensitive to its pH level.

Outside the range of pH that is compatible with life, proteins are denatured and digested, enzymes lose their ability to function, and the body is unable to sustain itself. "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid-base_homeostasis.

2 oops make that... strain. "The Andromeda Stain" is a very different movie.

Oops make that... strain. "The Andromeda Stain" is a very different movie.

3 ... just passing through ... supergrover, I like your avatar! Cute. ;-) .... byee...

... just passing through ... supergrover, I like your avatar! Cute. ;-) .... byee...

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.