Find an interesting biochemistry website and put its link in this entry, and describe briefly what is found there.

A biochemistry website that interested me is The Medical Biochemistry Page (http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org). There were all sorts of different biochemistry research on a variety of topics. The website was very up to date. That was a link about acai berries which have been in the news a lot lately about the benefits of the antioxidants that they have. The site ranged in several directions. Postings covered most biochemical topics, women's health, research techniques, insulin, diabetes, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, protein synthesis, and much more. I would have like to know about this page when I was writing research papers for college. There as a lot of great information.

What knowledge have you connected with past knowledge?

I have connected a lot of past concepts and knowledge with the ones we are currently learning. It has been such as long time since I had biology and chemistry that it has been a little surprising what I have connected. I remembered how to number valence electrons, as well as draw an element representing its valence electrons. I have connected prior knowledge about prokaryotes and eukaryote to make sense and connect new knowledge, such as the differences between prokaryotes' and eukaryotes' organelles make for different biochemical reactions I have also connected a lot of new biochemical knowledge with what I learned in college. One of the big topics that connected several things for me was pH and blood values, such as respiratory and metabolic acidosis or alkalosis are diagnosed based on blood gas levels and especially pH values. There have also been a few concepts that both connected past knowledge, but will be important to connect to graduate work, such as cheese makes for a better snack than milk in class because milk contains tryptophan.

What is biochemistry, and how does it differ from the fields of genetics, biology, chemistry, and molecular biology?

Biochemistry is the study of the molecular nature of life and its processes based on the function and reactions elements and their derivatives undergo. It differs from the fields of genetics, biology, chemistry and molecular biology because it is a part of all of them. Each of these fields is the of studies topics on a more in depth nature, where biochemistry focuses on answering the question, what is the molecular nature of life processes? Biology is the study of life and its processes. Chemistry is the study of elements and the compounds they create and reactions that the element and compounds undergo. Genetics is the study of the information for the structure and function of all living organisms. Molecular biology is the study of life and its process on a molecular level without regards to why processes and reactions occur like biochemistry does. Without these other fields of study biochemistry would not be what it is and may not have had some of its findings, such as not have had the idea to determine how a NA+/K+ pump works and the energy that goes into making it work. Biochemistry also plays a role in other fields than the ones mentioned, such as pharmacology, nursing, and nutrition. In regards to pharmacology, the structure of a drug and how it reacts with the body is ultimately biochemistry.