I
just realized, that this is the first post in 2012. What a bad
blogger... -.-
Btw
I was accepted in Studienkolleg Halle and I passed the exam for the
first semester. And I really thank God and my parents so that I can
extend my visa to stay here in Germany. Now I still stay in Halle to
go through the second semester, hopefully I can start studying in
university this October. Woohoo I'm so excited! I really want to
focus this semester, to do and to get the best of the best that I
can.
Well
because I got into second semester, now I have a project that I have
to do from my Biology and my German teacher. I have to do a
PRESENTATION about sickle cell disease (SCD). Fyi, SCD is usually
characterised by chronic anaemia and also blockage of blood vessels
by the sickle-shaped red blood cells, causing bone and chest pain and
damage to other organs, failure to thrive, repeated infections and
painful swelling of the hands or feet. It is also caused by
changes in the structure of the beta-globin chains of haemoglobin,
ie. a haemoglobin variant, that result in red blood cells that form
an irreversible sickle shape. SCD affects millions of people
throughout the world and is particularly common among those whose
ancestors came from sub-Saharan Africa, Spanish-speaking regions in
the Western Hemisphere (South America, the Caribbean, and Central
America), Saudi Arabia, India, and Mediterranean countries such as
Turkey, Greece, and Italy. It's horrible, isn't it? I can show you a
picture:
Do
you guys see the difference between these red blood cells? Have you
ever heard about this before?
Tell me what you think!
And
wish me luck, I have to explain it to the whole class and the
teachers next Tuesday 28/2.
*finger
crossed*
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar