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Biomedical Instrumentation Systems

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ISBN:9781133478294

Author:Chatterjee

Publisher:Chatterjee

Chapter2: Anatomy And Physiology

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People have developed an alternative to plastic that decomposes in 6 months! Once people start using it, scientists start to find a new toxin in the water system, and experiments show that this toxin blocks sodium (Na+) channels. Explain why this is a serious concern and what this would mean for an organism, such as a person, that had too much of this toxin in its system

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