Bio 224 Classroom: Summary And Analysis

3. State the name and structure of the functional group for each type of biologically

There were several parts of this Bio 105 class that I felt were important to my continued education at UNCG and to the rest of my life, but for now I would like to focus on three main sections that I feel were particularly valuable. Learning about anthropocentrism, human impact through pollution, and the human population helped me change the way I think about the world and see myself in it.

The Botulinum Toxin is one of the most deadliest substances in the whole world. This deadly poison is a bacteria that occurs naturally. This bacteria became quite popular since Iraq produced several liters of this poison that can easily kill every human in the world. Most importantly, in recent years they created the famous Botox using this deadly toxin.

oison is a chemical compound that when ingested, injected, absorbed or inhaled causes interference of the normal body functioning through chemical activities and reactions on the molecular scale. Substances that are not thought to be poison can be lethal if they are taken in excess or improper dosage. Toxins are a group of poison that is produced by the natural biological function. An example of deadly snake poison is cobra venom that resulted from a cobra bite.

Toxins comes from environment pollutants and chemicals, and there is many more. When we think of toxic we quickly think of smoking or any other chemicals we put in our body but the truth is we also overwhelm our body with unhealthy foods. We don’t realize how much unhealthy foods we consume throughout the day, there are many reasons for you to detox your body, some of the main reasons for you to detox your body would be to prevent chronic disease like cancers, heart disease, strokes, to enhance your immune system, lose weight, improve quality

This semester I enrolled Biology 101 course with Dr. Smith-Pearson. One of our assignments this semester was an outside of the classroom volunteer project. For this project I was selected to participate in the Tri- Beta Breast Cancer Walk. As participants, we had to do several things to prepare for the volunteer event including a learning session. During this session, we learned exactly what breast cancer is, the different types, and the main causes. I further learned about breast cancer through a scientific aspect in my biology class. We learned that cancer is when cells are over actively reproduced, which is caused by a mutation in the cell cycle and suppresses our bodies ability to function normally to stop this. Also, we learned about some of the different subtypes of breast cancer like, HER2+ (ER-), Basal-Like (Triple Negative Breast Cancer), Normal-Like, Luminal A, and Luminal B. HER2+ (ER-) breast cancer is less common, but it is very aggressive. HER2 is a gene in our bodies that produces receptor proteins, which are responsible for regulating the growth and repair of breast cells. When these HER2 receptor proteins are expressed too much, it causes excessive reproduction of breast cells. It is thought that African Americans have a higher risk for this type. Basal-Like, or more commonly called, Triple Negative Breast Cancer is very aggressive, usually the most aggressive. Basal-like means that the ways the cells look with this cancer resemble cells that line

Nelsen et al. (2014) presents and discusses what the authors believe to be the inconsistencies among the definitions of poisons, venoms, and toxins, as well as the conflation, or mixing, of these terms within the literature. The three primary classes of toxins, biological, anthropogenic, and environmental, are defined and distinguished so that the authors can further discern the biological toxins using their own classification scheme (Nelsen et al. 2014). Nelsen et al. (2014) presents the necessity of their three-class scheme, which they proposed due to the terminological inconsistencies within and among the literature on biological toxins. I think implementing a new term to detract from the misconstruction of existing toxicological definitions would be constructive, especially with the proposed corresponding binomial classification system. This review aims to discuss the breadth and functionality of the Nelsen et al. (2014) categorization of toxins.

One of the first events I could attend was Mind trekkers. During this event, I was assigned to teach a density experiment to elementary students in the Pasadena area. The students were fully engaged in the experiment and seemed to understand the basic concepts of density. Later in the spring, I was able to engage with young students again when I volunteered at Sheldon Lake Reservoir. I assisted in hikes and fishing fieldtrips that were both recreational and educated the students. These events helped me realize the importance of education and see how what I learned in my biology class I could use to help educate and assist the students during the events.

B. Carbon has the ability to bond to itself, and it has 4 valence electrons, causing strong covalent bonds to occur between carbon and another element.

Toxicity is one of the greatest concerns in the 20th century. This is because there are several factors contributing in the development of toxins in the human body such as stronger chemicals, water and air pollution, nuclear power, and radiation. Many people are ingesting new chemicals, using all kinds of drugs, eating more sugar as well as refined foods, and abusing themselves with various sedatives and stimulants.

in the body if it is not treated. A toxin is a poisonous made by cells. This can cause

Before going into the details of the cleansing process, we need to understand what toxins are and how they get incorporated into our systems.

Chapter two of the textbook, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Containing and Preventing Biological Threats, by Jeffrey R. Ryan, goes into extensive detail on the numerous types of biological threats. One type that is discussed in great detail, in this chapter is Biological Toxins. Pursuing this further, Toxins, as a definition is “potent poisons,” which consist of diverse living organisms, such as Bactria, plants and animals (Ryan 2016, p. 38). Moving on, sometimes people have a misconception of what poisons are and how different ones will affect a person, or livestock. One article highlights all

Any substance that can cause organ damage or death if ingested, breathed in, or absorbed through the skin. Many substances that cause no problems, including water and most vitamins, can be poisonous if taken in excessive quantity.Nothing is poison, it all depends on the dose. "All substances are poisons; there are none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a

Toxins are chemical, biological or physical substances that cause damage to an organism when they enter the biological system. These toxics can affect the entire system of the organism or just a substructure of the organism like cells or organs. Biological systems respond to toxins in various ways and this depends on many factors. Even though many toxic effects of foreign compounds are biochemically based, the way these effects are expressed may be very different. The interaction of toxins with normal metabolic processes can cause muscle paralysis or even fall in blood pressure. Toxic responses can be detected in various ways, these responses may be the all-or-none type like death of organism or they can be graded responses. Therefore the means of detection can be death, pathological changes, biochemical change, physiological change and changes in the normal status of the biological systemss (Monsoon, 2010).