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Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is taken up by producers via the process of photosynthesis to produce glucose. Some animal organisms consume the plants. Via the process of respiration, animals and plants...

There are two main types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. Both types of diabetes are chronic diseases that affect the way your body regulates blood sugar, or glucose. Glucose is the fuel that feeds your bo...

ADH diffuses into the blood stream and binds to receptors present on the lining of the collecting duct/ DCT (1)This increases the permeability of the membrane of the collecting duct/ DCT (1)Therefore, mor...

One of the mechanisms within a cell’s own environment that plays a part in controlling the expression of genes is histone acetylation and de-acetylation. These are the processes by which the lysine residu...

Osmoreceptors are located in the brain, within they posterior pituitary of the hypothalamus.Osmoreceptors shrink in response to reduced water in the blood due to movement of water from the osmoreceptor in...