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| location | United States | |
| age | 21 | |
| visits | member for | 4 months |
| seen | Apr 1 at 5:47 | |
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I'm junior in college working on a BS in Mathematics and Biology.
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Apr 1 |
accepted | What metabolic activities are performed by a developing human fetus's liver? |
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Mar 26 |
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What metabolic activities are performed by a developing human fetus's liver? Thanks for the Google Books link ("develops its typical functions"). I was most curious about whether the fetal liver functions in response to nutrients obtained through the placenta, but this is the most informative source I've seen so far. Thank you! |
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Mar 23 |
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Do kidneys have the enzyme 3-ketoacyl-CoA transferase? This article's abstract says that 3-ketoacid-CoA transferase was found in the kidney: nature.com/pr/journal/v42/n4/abs/pr19972518a.html |
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Mar 23 |
asked | What metabolic activities are performed by a developing human fetus's liver? |
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Mar 16 |
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What is the biological mechanism underlying caffeine intolerance? (CYP1A2 or other?) Yesterday I learned about this cool database linker site called biograph.be, where you can type in a gene and suspected "disease" or condition and it will generate a map showing how they've been associated in literature. Here's a start: biograph.be/concept/graph/C0006644/C1332826 |
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Mar 16 |
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Long term liquid food diet by blending/grinding all quality foods one would normaly eat, not any weight loss or prepared drinks It would probably only be a positive thing -- ultimately, you're increasing surface area of the food particles, which is what our digestive systems try to do anyway in order to absorb the most nutrients. |
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Mar 16 |
asked | If a receptor is inhibited throughout embryogenesis, could there be observable phenotypic differences in the adult? |
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Mar 16 |
awarded | Critic |
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Mar 2 |
accepted | Question about cell signaling pathways (RTK, Jak-Stat, SMAD, etc) |
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Mar 2 |
accepted | What prevents a pregnant woman's immune system from recognizing her fetus as nonself (and attacking)? |
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Mar 1 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Mar 1 |
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Question about cell signaling pathways (RTK, Jak-Stat, SMAD, etc) see my comment on the post below -- I could have done a much better job saying what I was confused about in writing this question. |
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Mar 1 |
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Question about cell signaling pathways (RTK, Jak-Stat, SMAD, etc) Thank you, but I do understand that -- I suppose I didn't write my question very well and I was initially confused because my book explains the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) pathway in the context of the fibroblast growth factor family of paracrine factors, because the FGF receptors are RTK's. I was wondering how much of this "sharing" takes place -- how many of these ligands use the RTK pathway? My book implies that quite a few do, but isn't explicit about which. |
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Mar 1 |
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Question about cell signaling pathways (RTK, Jak-Stat, SMAD, etc) In contrast to each and every one that I listed having its own distinct pathway. |
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Mar 1 |
asked | Question about cell signaling pathways (RTK, Jak-Stat, SMAD, etc) |
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Feb 8 |
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Simple diffusion of lipid-soluble molecules through phospholipid bilayer — does anything get “stuck” in transit? Thank you -- I wasn't thinking about turnover and synthesis of new membrane lipids, and this is exactly what I needed. I thought for sure that at least theoretically a molecule could remain in between the bilayers, but I agree that the amount of this occurrence is relatively insignificant. |
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Feb 8 |
accepted | Simple diffusion of lipid-soluble molecules through phospholipid bilayer — does anything get “stuck” in transit? |
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Feb 8 |
asked | Simple diffusion of lipid-soluble molecules through phospholipid bilayer — does anything get “stuck” in transit? |
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Feb 1 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Feb 1 |
answered | The fundamental importance of R.E.M. Sleep. (Rapid Eye Movement) |
