Franz Schilling and his team have succeeded in showing that their method is sensitive enough to represent medically relevant
pH value changes in the organism.
Dr. Franz Schilling (left), Stephan Düwel (center) and Christian Hundshammer (right) have developed a biosensor, that can be used to show
pH value changes inside the body using MRI.
Not exact matches
Alkalizing and processing cacao
changes its
pH value, molecular structure, and contributes to a milder flavor and decreased nutritional
value.
Wang and her colleagues wondered whether they could
change a protein's isoelectric point to make it mesh better with keratin's
pH value.
With our new method you can also measure the acidity, that is to say, we measure the
pH value and this is seen when the water
changes colour after the addition of a
pH dye.
Additionally, colleagues from the Washington University in St. Louis predicted the sequences of the amino acids responsible for Sup35 sensing
changes in the cytoplasmic
pH value.
These
changes in
pH value could be used for example to verify the success of cancer treatments.
Using zymonic acid it is furthermore possible to specifically investigate the
pH value outside of the cell membrane: With other biosensors it is often not clear whether measured
changes take place inside or outside of the cell (intracellular or extracellular).
Even before a successfully treated tumor starts to shrink, its metabolism and thus the
pH value of the surrounding area could
change.
Our model result also showed that the maximum Revelle factors (Δ [CO2] / [CO2]-RRB- / (Δ [DIC] / [DIC]-RRB- among varied
pH values (6 — 9) and DIC concentrations (0.5 — 3.5 mmol kg − 1) were between
pH 8.3 and 8.5 in fresh water and were between 7.3 and 7.5 in waters with a salinity of 35, reflecting the
changing efficiency of dissolving CO2 gas into the DIC solution and the varying stability of this desired DIC solution.
And the reason for this are the aforementioned
changes of the
pH value in the body.
Some pet owners have found that using supplements to
change the
pH value of the actual tears can help by creating a hostile environment for yeast.
The second is by finding out what the specific gravity (SG) and
pH value of their urine is, and what
changes to the diet should be made to correct any abnormalities.
For example, raised pollutant levels (i.e. ammonia, nitrite and nitrate) and sudden
changes (or unsuitable
values) of water
pH and hardness can have adverse effects on fish.
Yet these marine structures are quite fragile and susceptible to
changes in temperature, climate,
pH values, illegal fishing practices and careless land use.
Ocean
pH values routinely fluctuate on a daily and seasonal scale of between about 7.9 and 8.4, sometimes more, representing a several fold
change in H + concentration.