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Hey guys, welcome back to another
science video. This time once again,
we're going through all of the GCSE
science papers starting with combined,
then moving on to triple afterwards. I'm
also open to comments suggesting if you
want me to go through a topic in
particular, but I do try and teach at
least a little bit during these videos
as well. So, I don't just kind of give
you the mark scheme because that's kind
of pointless. But yeah, without further
ado, let's get into it with bio paper 1
2023.
First question, it says, communicable
non-communicable diseases are major
causes of ill health. Which disease is a
non-communicable disease? So
communicable means that you can spread
it. So you can catch it from another
person. So something like the common
cold, flu. So if we look through here,
you can catch gorrhea and AIDS from
other people. Now malaria also spreads
through protest. So things like
mosquitoes. So cancer is the only thing
you can't catch. You can't catch cancer
from from anything else. Moving on. So
obesity is a risk factor for many
non-communicable diseases. Give one
non-communicable disease that obesity is
a risk factor for do not refer to the
disease given in part one. So you can't
just say cancer again. Um something like
diabetes would be I was going to say a
good one. It's not a good one but you
can also say coronary heart disease
because again you can't catch that.
That's something that's developed in
your itself or heart disease something
along those lines. National policies are
used to help people who are obese to
lose weight. One national policy is to
reduce the amount of sugar added to food
and drink. suggest one other national
policy that can be used to help people
lose weight. Well, we live in the UK, so
you might be aware that a few years ago
they put in a sugar tax,
which again encourages people to drink
and eat things with less sugar in them.
But you can also have uh education.
So just education in schools about the
dangers of eating uh sugar or high fat
foods, high calorie foods, whatever you
want to call it. You can have government
advertising. You can also have
restrictions on advertising. So, for
example, with uh cigarettes, you may
have noticed that you've never seen an
advert for cigarettes because it's
illegal to advertise cigarettes in the
UK. And also on the packaging itself, it
has to have those disgusting images of
like black lungs and stuff like that.
So, it's another one. Um, calorie
information on takeaways and things like
that and on on restaurant menus. If you
travel around the world, not every
country has that. That's something you
Well, it's not unique, but it's
something that the UK does in
particular. anything along those lines.
BMI is one measure of obesity and it's
calculated by taking someone's mass in
kilograms, dividing it by their height
squared, and then basically the bigger
the BMI, the more overweight or obese
you are. A person is 1.64 m tall and has
a mass of 69 kilos. Determine the BMI
category for the person. So again, we're
just substituting into a formula. So it
says you take their mass, which is 69
kilos, and you divide it by their height
in me squared. It's already in meters.
So divide by 1.64 squared. And we can
kind of work out a value here.
69 / 1.64 to the^ 2 gives me 25.7. Let's
call it
which if you notice is in this region
here, which means they are overweight.
For three marks, I think that's actually
quite nice. It's not a bad question at
all. Just don't be afraid to substitute
into equations. Scientists investigated
the effect of smoking and of BMI on the
birth mass of babies. Women's BMI
categories were determined before
the woman the women became pregnant.
Sorry. Suggest why these categories were
determined before the women became
pregnant. Well, if we think about what
happens when a woman gets pregnant is of
course they're going to increase their
body weight because they're growing a
human being inside them, right? So, if
that baby weighs anything, then of
course it's going to add to that. But
also women do undergo changes which
increase their body mass anyway when
they're pregnant. So simply put, women
gain mass from pregnancy
or actually I'm going to say gain mass
during pregnancy because obviously you
it won't last afterwards
or at least it doesn't have to last
afterwards um because of the baby,
right? So logically then they give us
the results between smokers and
non-smokers. I would always recommend
having a look at the graph first or the
chart or whatever just to kind of see
what the patterns are. So if you notice
if you're a smoker, the number of people
in each category is lower. Um at least
sorry the mean never mind the mean birth
mass of the baby in grams is lower
consistently in all four categories. So
again all four categories smokers have a
lower baby mass than non-smokers. So it
says here give two conclusions that can
be drawn. So what I just said is one of
them. Smokers
have lower
mean baby mass
than non-smokers.
And what else could we um what other
conclusions? Well, is it just that it's
less? Well, if you look, there's
actually some kind of discrepancies,
right? So for example for the
underweight people it seems to have had
a much bigger impact than let's say for
overweight people. So you can see how
the difference is different. So that's a
conclusion you can draw. So you can
either say it has the biggest impact for
underweight women or it has the least
impact for overweight women. Both of
those will also give you um give you the
marks. So either it had the lowest
effect for overweight women because the
difference is smallest or had the
biggest effect for underweight women
because the difference is the biggest.
Any one of those two would give you the
second mark. So this is specifically
about measles which again you do learn
about. You need do need to know some
specifics about measles. And it says
describe how the measel virus is
transferred from person to person. So
it's always through coughs and sneezes.
And what happens when you cough or
sneeze? Well, there are
viruses.
What?
All right. Viruses in the droplets
produced
which are inhaled by other people.
It's kind of disgusting, isn't it?
Which, by the way, is why you need to
cover your mouth when you sneeze or
cough, you know, and that's also why
people get really sick around kids
because they don't tend to cover their
mouths, which means all of that snot and
those droplets just inhaled by everyone.
But anyways, that's enough ranting.
Athletes foot is also a communicable
disease. It's caused by a fungus, which
is disgusting. Um, the athletes foot
fungus infects the skin on the feet.
Apparently, 17% of the UK population
have a athletes foot, which is
disturbing. Here we have the estimated
population is 67,96
sorry 67,961,900.
Calculate how many people are estimated
to have athletes foot. We're just taking
17% of that number. Again, use your
maths knowledge. I would change that to
a multiplier. So, literally just 0.17
times that big number.
Also, there is on your calculator a
percentage button
down here. So you can literally just do
17 shift percentage sign and do that. So
67 9619
0. It's like a phone number. 11.5
million people. That's
interesting.
That's it. Not bad. And lastly, athletes
foot fungus grows in moist conditions.
Suggest one way a person could reduce
their chance of c catching athletes
foot. Well, first of all, if it's moist
conditions, that means you want to keep
it dry. So, when might your feet get
wet? Well, simply put, you can dry your
feet after washing
or just getting wet in general, like
being outside, right? Anything like
that. But also, you can get um this
fungicide that you can spray on your
foot, which obviously kills fungus,
fungus side, right? Um don't share socks
with other people, things like that. Um,
and also don't walk around barefoot,
which is just good advice anyway because
you can also get verukas, which are a
different type of disease as well, which
are painful and difficult to remove.
Figure two shows an onion cells viewed
using a light microscope. And you can
kind of see the the cell structure here.
Here's the apparatus given to the
student. You have a microscope. You have
a prepared slide of onion cells. So, you
don't need to talk about how you prepare
them. They're just given. And a ruler.
Describe how the student could use this
to estimate the mean length. Once again,
you don't need to talk about preparing
the onion slides because it's already
done. Okay, so if you write about that,
you will lose marks or at least you
won't gain any marks. So, how do you do
it given that um equipment? Well, first
of all, you want to place the ruler on
the microscope
stage, right? Because you're going to
use the ruler to actually measure the
the length. So, you want to have it like
alongside here. And you want to make
sure that the um microscope is focused
on the ruler itself. Okay,
cool. What next? Well, what you're going
to do is you're going to measure the
diameter of the field of view. So again,
you're not going to measure an
individual cell because if you look at
the shape, look how bendy and weird it
is. It's going to be hard to measure the
width, right? So instead, you measure
from end to end how wide the field of
view is. So maybe like 5 cm or something
along those lines. Then what you're
going to do,
so then
uh change the focus to the actual um
cells. So now you're focusing on the
cells using the same magnification
and you just count the number of cells
that fit
across
the um
field of view.
Cool. Then all you're going to do is
you're going to divide that diameter
by the number of cells. So let me give
you a demonstration really quick. What
you do is you measure from here to here
the width. And let's say that width is 5
cm, right? For argument sake. It's going
to be smaller than that, but whatever.
Then all you do is you count from here
to here going all the way along
how many cells you have. So we have one,
two, three cells and then a half. So say
3.5. And all you do is you take that
diameter and you divide it by 3.5.
That's the estimated cell width, right?
because you've just taken the number and
done it. You could technically also do
it vertically as well. It won't make any
difference, but anything along those
lines will will work. Now, this question
here, it was not answered super well,
but it says circulatory system includes
the heart, blood vessels, and blood. The
heart pumps the blood in a double
circulatory system. What is meant by
this? Because some people said, "Oh, the
heart pumps to the blood. pumps to the
lungs, for example." You need to be a
bit more specific. There are a few
different things you can do, but bear in
mind you need to get two marks. So, you
can get one mark for saying something
like um
the the heart the blood travels around
the heart twice before it goes around,
right? So, it passes through the heart
twice on each circuit. That only gives
you one mark. Instead, what they're
asking for is specifically
what is meant by it. So, if you ask your
teacher, why is it called a double
circulatory system? What would they say?
where they would say that one side of
the heart pumps blood to the lungs and
the other side of the heart pumps blood
to the rest of the body. Now, we do need
to be a little bit more specific. We
need to say which side. So, you can say
just left and right side or you can say
right ventricle pumps blood to the
lungs, left ventricle pumps blood around
the body. Something along those lines,
but you have to be very very very
specific when you're talking about it.
Now, heart rate is controlled by a group
of cells that act as a pacemaker. Where
in the heart is the pacemaker found? It
is the right
atrium. Cool. Which blood vessel carries
deoxxygenated blood? And there's a
reason why they don't just say arteries
and veins because it's not just one or
the other. Well, the pulmonary artery
carries deoxxygenated blood. Now, it
might seem weird because arteries don't,
you know, when when you first learn
about arteries that they carry
oxygenated blood. Remember pulmonary
means lungs. So this is the blood that's
being pumped to the lungs to become
oxygenated. Okay? Whereas the pulmonary
vein carries the oxygenated blood back
to the heart for it to then be pumped
around the heart um using the coronary
artery or the aorta. So yeah, be careful
with that. So the structure of a vein is
different from the structure of an
artery. One difference is that veins
have valves but arteries do not. But
why? Well,
what's the point of having a valve? It's
to prevent
blood
flowing
backwards.
Yeah, that's the that's the point,
right? So, why would a vein need it but
not an artery? Well, what's the
difference between artery and a vein?
Well, an artery carries blood at a much
higher pressure whereas a vein is at a
much lower pressure. So, simply put,
arteries don't need them because the
blood is traveling at such high
pressures that it doesn't it's not at
risk of flowing backwards. So this is
because
blood in veins
travels
at lower
pressure. Cool. Now we have to describe
two structural differences between a
vein and artery. Obviously except valves
because they've given that one already.
Well, bunch of things you could say.
Lumen
The lumen is basically the empty hole.
You know like when you have a straw, the
lumen would be the hole, right? If that
makes sense. So the lumen in is um wider
in veins.
You can also say that um it has a
thinner
layer
of muscle
as well because again it doesn't have to
withstand higher pressures or a thinner
layer of elastic tissue that would also
be accepted. A leaf is a plant organ.
Figure four shows tissues in a leaf. So
we have all these different tissues and
they're labeled A, B, C, and D which
means you're probably going to have to
say which one's which. Which tissue is
the epidermis? The epidermis is the
outer layer of the of the um
cell. So it's going to be tissue A for
this one.
Perfect. And explain how the spongy
misoil is adapted for its function. So
again, if we have a look at this, this
is the spongy misophil. How is it
adapted for its function? And obviously
more importantly, what is the function
in and of itself? Well, the function
that we're talking about is to allow gas
exchange between carbon dioxide and
oxygen because they need to get rid of
oxygen needs to take in carbon dioxide
for photosynthesis. So, you know, how is
it adapted? Well, if you notice these
cells here and these cells here, they're
packed close together. Whereas in the
spongy misophil, there are large gaps.
This is to allow gas to fill them so
that we can actually have gas exchange.
So, we have large air spaces,
large spaces between cells.
And it does say explain. So you have to
say why why is this important to allow
gases
to diffuse or move through the leaf
so they can leaf the cell. Get it?
Anyways, um which allows
uh photosynthesis in in in layer B or
tissue B. Um actually no to or from
to or from
um cell B.
Right? So the idea is that you can have
carbon dioxide coming in and oxygen
going out at all times because tissues B
is where photosynthesis takes place.
Figure five shows a pair of guard cells
around a stor.
Cool. During the day, glucose is made in
the guard cells. Describe how an
increase in glucose concentration in the
guard cells causes the stor to open.
Well, um, did I miss a question? Oh,
whoops, missed a question. The zylm is
adapted to transport water through a
plant. Explain one way xyllem is adapted
for its function. Well, first of all,
it's composed of hollow tubes.
Why do they have have to be hollow?
Well, to allow water to pass through,
right? Again, think of it like a giant
straw. If your straw had stuff inside
it, water is not going to be able to
pass through the straw or any liquid.
So, it's composed of hollow tubes to not
obstruct
water flow. Um it does just say explain
one method but sorry one way that it's
adapted but some others is uh it has
lignon to keep the um keep it open again
for the same reason with the straw
that's why paper straws suck because
they don't stay open right um it has no
end walls to allow water to flow easily
as well now onto the question I was
talking about um so how an increase in
glucose concentration in the guard cell
causes the stor to open so first of
is how does the concentration change?
Well, water enters the guard cell
via osmosis.
Cool. And what happens here is it causes
the cell walls to swell and curve at the
same time which opens the stor. So if
you'd like imagine you're trying to
squeeze these like if you pinch them
slightly you can imagine that the hole
will get bigger, right? the stone will
get bigger. That's essentially what
happens. So
the cells swell
and curve to open stor.
So when the water enters the guard cell
that lowers the glucose concentration.
Light intensity varies during 24 hours.
Shocking. Figure six shows the overall
exchange of carb ducts and oxygen for a
tree at three different light
intensities. So bright light you have
CO2 coming in, oxygen going out. Dim
light,
it looks like nothing's happening, but
there is something happening, but I'm
not going to explain it just yet. And no
light is where oxygen comes in and
carbon dioxide goes out. So
explain these different things. So since
it's six marks, I'm probably going to
put two for each of these. Okay.
So, let's get started, shall we?
So, let's start with bright light. Let's
just go right to left. Right to left.
Left to right. Good lord. So, bright
light. What happens? Well, as you can
see,
the overall CO2 is coming in and oxygen
is leaving. So overall C
CO2 enters the tree and oxygen let's
just try oxygen leaves the tree. This is
because at high light intensities,
the rate of photosynthesis
is much higher than the rate of
respiration. So again, when you're
thinking about these kinds of gas
exchanges, always think about what
processes. So what process takes in CO2
and produces oxygen is photosynthesis.
And here what process takes in oxygen
and releases CO2? It's respiration. So
on this side we have photosynthesis
dominant.
It's at a much higher rate than
respiration. Whereas in no light
respiration is dominant. So now
what do you think it is in dim light?
Well, it's not. They're balanced. So the
rate of photosynthesis and the rate of
respiration is basically equal which
means there's no overall change in
oxygen or CO2 because every bit of
oxygen that goes in is then changed into
CO2 and every bit of CO2 that comes in
is changed into O2. So you have this
balance. So the rate of carbon dioxide
forming is the same as the rate of
oxygen forming. And when I say the same,
it's virtually the same. Whereas here
it's photosynthesis is dominant. So
we're producing a lot more oxygen than
we are using.
So continue with that. We I basically
just explained the rest of the question
as well. So dim light
overall there is no change in
um gas exchange.
This is because the rate of
photosynthesis
is equal to the rate of respiration. So
in other words, oxygen is used up just
as fast as it's produced and carbon
dioxide is used up just as fast as it's
produced.
And then with no light, when we think
about it, there's going to be no
photosynthesis. So overall,
um CO2
leaves the tree and oxygen
enters the tree.
This is because
the rate of respiration is far higher
than the rate of of photosynthesis.
There we go. Perfect for six marks. Not
really that bad of a question. AMA is an
enzyme that digests starch in the
digestive system. Why does starch have
to be digested? Well,
first it might help to think about what
it's digested into. So starch is broken
down into glucose and other sugars, but
glucose.
Why is that better? Well, the reason is
because glucose is a much smaller
molecule and it can dissolve. So it can
actually pass into your blood, which is
where we need it to be. Whereas starch
is large and insoluble. So starch
large
and insoluble
and so must be broken down actually no
so cannot be
be absorbed
into blood.
Right? Again that's why you break it
down to glucose which is soluble.
Boy this looks like a lot. um uses a
color col color calorimeter to
investigate the rate of starch
digestion. It measures the percentage of
light passing through a liquid. The
darker the color of liquid the less
light passes through. So the logic here
is if you think about it starch can't
dissolve whereas glucose can which means
initially you won't be a not much light
will pass through the liquid because
there's lots of starch in it. Starch
doesn't dissolve so it doesn't break
apart. But then as it's turned into
glucose, you're going to get more light
passing through it. Okay. So again,
concentration of starch increasing,
percentage of light passing through
decreases. Makes sense.
Yeah. Suggest what liquid was used for
the test with 0 g per decime cubed of
starch concentration? Um,
so again, actually I didn't read the
whole thing. So they mix 1 cm cubed of
starch with 10 cm cubed of iodine and
then measures the pipe percentage. Okay,
cool. So then it would probably be the
initial amount, right?
Yeah. For the 0 g per decime cubed, it
was probably 1 cm cubed of starch with
sorry, not starch, water. So 1 cm cubed
water.
Do we need to write the iodine? Yeah,
probably.
And 10 cm cubed. Was it 10 centimeters
cubed?
Yes. Of iodine.
So again, in order to have zero starch
concentration, it means there was no
starch, which means they probably just
used water.
Three, explain the change in the
percentage of light passing through
different concentration of starch
suspension in iodine solution. So
basically
um already did this, but let's go
through it.
So
if you look, it's like this exponential
decrease. to decreases extremely quickly
for small increases and then it slowly
levels off. So we need to explain why
that is. Well, first of all, the
percentage of light passing through the
liquid
decreased with increasing
starch concentration.
So don't forget when it says explain,
you also need to state what the change
is in the first place. Now why is this?
Well, they've mixed iodine. What color
does iodine turn when you mix starch
into with it? Well, it turns into like a
dark purpley color, right? Or black
color. So, simply put, the more starch
concentration, the darker the liquid. So
because the iodine solution was darker
in color and what hap and if you
remember your physics dark anything
anything dark will absorb more light
right that's why if you paint something
black it gets very hot and you paint
something white it doesn't get as hot
because black absorbs lots of light
white doesn't the student then
investigated the rate of starch
digestion using amulets this the method.
So they put 10 cm cubed of starch
suspension into a test tube. Put 5 cm
cubed of amalay solution into a separate
test tube. They put both the test tubes
into a water bath at 37° for 10 minutes.
Then they mix the contents. So again,
for those 10 minutes, nothing's
happening. Well, the experiment hasn't
started yet. Let's put it that way. Then
they put the beaker into the water bath,
remove a cime cubed of liquid, and add
it to iodine solution, measure
percentage of light, so on. So the
question is why were they kept in the
water bath for 10 minutes before being
mixed together? What effect would that
have? So what would happen if you put
the test tubes into the water bath for
10 minutes? Well, initially the test
tubes are not at 37°.
They're at room temperature which might
be around 20°. So when you put them into
the water bath, they will start to heat
up until they get to 37° C. Why is that
important?
Well, 37° is the optimum temperature for
anal. So, it's basically to make it a
fair test by ensuring that they're both
at the optimum temperature. So,
to get them to reach
37°,
which technically is enough to get you
the mark, but it's so they'll be at the
same temperature or at the optimum
temperature as well. That's the more
technical reason.
Figure eight shows the results.
Cool. So it's increasing instead. Fair
enough.
Concentration of starch at 3 minutes
was.3 g per decimate cubed. Calculate
the mean rate of starch. Mean rate of
starch digestion for the first 3 minutes
using figure 7 and figure eight. Okay.
So cost at 3 minutes was.3 grams per me
cubed. Let's have a look. three minutes.
Okay, cool. And then what was the other
figure? Figure seven they wanted us to
use, right?
This one. Oh boy, I love it when I have
to scroll back and forth. Actually,
wait, what did this one say again? So.3
g per cime cubed. So, we're probably
going to have to use the percentage of
light here and then use that to work out
the percent the amount of time that it's
been in there. Okay, got it. Cool. So
the mean rate means that we're going to
be dividing by a time
because again rate always refers to
time. So let's see what we'd have to do.
Okay, so let's get started with this. So
we want to work out the change in
concentration and divide it by time. The
good news is we can just divide it by
three because the time is going to be
three.
We know that at 3 minutes it ends up at
0.3. So we're going to do minus 0.3. All
we need to do is work out the initial
amounts. Now, so if we look at initial
amount, let's go to time t equals 0.
That is 10%.
And then we want to get a concentration
from that, which means we need to go all
the way back to the first one. And we're
going to read off 10% here to work out
what concentration would give us that.
So if we go along,
that looks to be about so it goes up in
point 2's, right? 6.2 46 8. Yeah. Okay.
So that's 6.6. So go all the way down
here and we're just doing this is
actually a fairly hard calculation to be
honest. Well, the calculation isn't
hard, but the actual process is. So
again, if you noticed, I've taken the
difference in the concentrations,
dividing it by three because that's what
they've asked me for, right?
Which is 2.1 g per decime cubed.
That's um
yeah, that's kind of depressing. That's
a bit difficult, not going to lie. The
investigation was carried out at PH7.
Cool. Explain how the results will be
different if the if the investigation
was carried out at pH1. Use figure 8. So
we're going to have something from here
at some point. Well, if it's at pH1,
what will happen? Well, first of all,
the active site changes shape
because it's been denatured, right? This
means that starch
will not be digested.
Not be digested.
And well, what does that mean? What
would the results be then? Well, if you
look back here, initially the percentage
of light passing through the mixture was
still 10% anyway. So, it would just stay
at 10%. So, it would stay
percentage of light
remains
at 10%. That's what would happen. And
don't forget when you're talking about
the results, you're not just talking
about the science behind it. Because
bear in mind, you can't see this. That's
not what you see. What we see is what we
measure, which is how the percentage of
light changes. So that's what you need
to keep in mind with those questions.
Antibiotics are drugs used to treat
bacterial infections. Mutations in
bacteria produce new strains. Some
strains of bacteria are resistant to
antibiotics. Where do the mutations
happen in bacterial cells? You can say
anything from plasmid,
chromosomes or DNA all work, which is
nice. I would recommend just saying DNA
or genes because that's where mutations
happen in every single organisms that
have DNA, right? So that might be the
easiest one to remember. A scientist
investigates which antibiotics A, B, C,
D, and E killed
Sorius bacteria. So they grow in a petri
dish. They cut five small discs of
paper. They soak them in different
antibiotic solutions. They put them into
a petri dish and they keep it at 37
degrees for 24 hours. 37 degrees because
that's like the most prolific uh growth
rate for this bacteria. And any blank
spots is basically dead bacteria, right?
So E and C, they had no effect on this
bacteria. But D had a little bit of an
effect. Then A and it looks like B has
the biggest clear spot. So that means it
would be the most effective.
The scientist concluded S orius is
resistant to C and E. Makes sense.
Explain the evidence. Well, there's no
clear area.
What is happening? Area
around
C and E, which means that there was no
bacteria killed.
That's why it's antibi antibiotic
resistant, right? Because there's no
bacteria killed. The scientists later
discovered that Sorius is not resistant
to antibiotic E. Suggest how the method
was developed and showed where it's not
resistant. So what do you think they
would have changed? Well, when you think
about medicine, it's not just what
medicine you take that has an impact,
right? It's also the concentration. So
for example, you might take a little bit
of paracetamol and not feel better, but
if you take a higher concentration of
paracetamol, you might well feel better,
right? That's because different
concentrations of medicines also have an
impact. So what probably happened is
they used a higher concentration
of antibiotic E and then observed that
there was a clear area around the disc.
That's probably what happened.
Cool. Broken bones are sometimes
repaired using a metal implant. Cool.
The area around an implant can become
affected with this bacteria. The
infection is usually treated with a
long-term course of antibiotics.
Long-term use of antibiotics has led to
the development of antibiotic resistant
bacteria. Different treatments called
stems from bone marrow and from fat
tissue have microbial properties. A
scientist investigated the effect of
four treatments on the area around
infection. Each treatment was injected
into the area around the implant. So the
four treatments were unreactive
solution, antibiotic solution, stem
cells from fat tissue, stem cells from
fat tissue containing antibiotic and is
treated on five patients when infection
had developed. After 7 days, the um
scientists calculate the ratio of the
area of infection over the total area.
Bloody hell. So what was the independent
variable in the investigation? So what
was the thing that the scientist
changed? it was the treatment itself.
Right? These two things would have been
control variables. And this here is the
dependent variable because it's what
you're measuring. So again, dependent
variable is what you measure. What's the
outcome? The independent variable is
what you change.
Yeah. Is what you change actually.
That's it. Suggest one advantage of
using stem cells from fat tissue rather
than stem cells from bone marrow. Well,
here's the key thing. Where do you get
bone marrow from? You get it from inside
bones, right? Which means to get bone
marrow from anywhere in your body, they
need to drill into your bones and
extract it, which is painful and it's
also difficult. Whereas fat is a lot
easier to obtain. So, simply put, you
can either say it's easier to obtain or
less invasive.
I'm going to say easier to obtain.
Um, you can also say it's quicker as
well because again you don't have to
drill into someone's bones. Stem cells
containing antibiotics were produced by
growing the cells for 24 hours in a
solution containing the antibiotic. How
did the antibiotic enter the stem cell
from the solution? Active transport,
diffusion, osmosis, transllocation.
Well, let's think about it.
Active transport happens when you go
against a concentration gradient. So
that would mean the amount of antibiotic
inside the cell already is bigger than
the number the amount of antibiotic
outside the cell. Does that make any
sense? No. Right? Because in the
solution containing the antibiotic,
there should be loads of the antibiotic.
Right? Absolutely loads of it. So it's
not that it's not osmosis because it's
not water transllocation. Not quite. It
is diffusion. Why? Because the
concentration of antibiotic is lower
inside the cell than outside the cell.
Classic
shows the results. So unreactive
solution and blah blah blah. What is the
range of results for the treatment with
stem cells
only? You're literally taking the
difference between these two values,
right? The biggest possible value and
the smallest one. The biggest one, it
looks like it's 0.31.
And the lowest one is 09.
Not 99. Yeah.
Cool. Then lastly, soon looked at the
results and concluded injections of stem
cells containing antibiotics should be
used to treat all implant related
infections. Evaluate his conclusion. So
basically, this is where you're saying
pros and cons. You're not saying if it's
good or bad. You're saying the good side
and the bad side. Okay? So I can see why
he would say that because if you look at
it, it seems to have had the smallest
ratio just even in terms of a range. So
that's valid. Although for some the
antibiotic solution might be better
because again but think about why that
might be better or worse, right? Bear in
mind the stem cells you have to gain
them get them from somewhere. That's
quite expensive and invasive whereas
just the antibiotic solution should be
quite easy. So for some infections it
might be better idea just use antibiotic
solution. That's the kind of idea that
you're doing. Okay. So let's talk about
pros and cons. In fact, I don't need
that yet.
So, pros and cons. Pros is um treatment
had the smallest
area of infection
and the smallest range of results.
That means it's more reliable, right?
So, again, with the antibiotic solution,
look at the range. So, sometimes it
works really well, sometimes it barely
worked at all.
If you're taking a treatment, right, you
want it to work 99% of the time, right,
which this one does. Uh, whoops.
Um, it also has no overlap with the
unreactive solution, right? So, bear in
mind this is what happens if you just
let nature take its course, so to speak.
So, because there's no overlap, it
suggests that it always works. So, no
overlap with unreactive solution.
therefore
um suggests
it's always effective.
So when I say always effective, it
doesn't mean it always works 100% but it
always has an impact. Now let's talk
about the cons. Uh because don't forget
when you're doing evaluation, you need
to have a couple of pros, a couple of
cons. Just so you're aware, it's two of
each. If it was a six mark question, it'
be three of each. Okay? So we're doing
two pros, two cons. I've given you three
pros. So what are like the biggest cons?
Well, the first thing is if you look way
back in the beginning of this, it says
that they only did it with five people,
which it's not exactly a big sample
size. So, small sample size,
five people.
Uh, what else could we say? Um,
as I said before, antibiotic solution
did have similar results to the stem
cells containing antibiotic and it also
has similar results to the stem cells
only. So it doesn't mean that it should
be used all the time. Uh similar results
to stem cells only. Um
yeah, and that'll probably be be fine.
Bear in mind that when you use an
antibiotic, you're always going to run
the risk of creating antibiotic
resistant bacteria, which is a really
really big issue. So if we can get away
with just using stem cells, why not just
use stem cells, right? Why risk the And
again, the difference here is between
0.09 09 and like what 0.03.
It's a very small difference. So, it
might be worth just doing the stem cells
only. But anyways, that brings us to the
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