BY: FARAH IDAYU BINTI SAMSUDIN VITAMIN  did you ever remember the day when we are being forced and asked forcefully by our parents to eat lots lots and lots of vitamins during our childhood? i mean this vitamin for example ⬇ I bet yall only think that vitamin are only good for our skin and our immune system but now let me tell you that . . . . . . . . .  It also help in ERYTHROPOEISIS !!! Ok dont be confused because im gonna explain about that right now . Heres are some examples of vitamins that play role in erythtropoiesis. Cyanocobalamin Dont be afraid with the name, it might sound so terrifying (because it sounds so chemical) but actually they are called Vitamin B12 Example of food that contain vitamin B12 are eggs,milk,cheese, meat and poultry. Vitamin B12 is stored mostly in liver and in small quantity of muscle. However, when it is necessary, it will be transported to the bone marrow to promote the mat...

Have you ever heard about haemoglobin before? Do you know that haemoglobin actually can be separated into haem group and globin? Each of these groups are synthesis distinctly and combine together to give the function as a haemoglobin. But, each of these groups is define differently as well as the synthesis location and the structure. So, what are these actually? Let’s make it clear one by one! HAEM v Haem is actually the component of haemoglobin responsible for binding oxygen. v It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules. v One molecule binds one molecule of oxygen. v Haem synthesis occur largely in the mitochondria. GLOBIN v Globin is one of several polypeptides that are the protein components of haemoglobin in blood. v Globin synthesis occurs in the polyribosome. v Globin synthesis first detected in the yolk sac at about 3 weeks gestation. WHAT ABOUT HAEMOGLOBIN? H...

By: Amirul Fikri Hi guys!!! Have you ever wonder why you got sick? Have you ever wonder what is the defensive system in our body? Who are the one that willing to sacrifice for us to live more longer? I have always wonder about it since child especially when I became sick. I wonder how I became healthy again, after got a very painful fever and only thinking about death at that time. Very funny to flashback about it but it is the truth when I cried and ask for forgiveness to my parents when got fever. But when recovered, I felt like I have the same power like wolverine in X-men. But when I pursue my studies in medical subject, I realized that there were some bad thing that always got jealousy to our health and some good thing in our body which fighting back and sacrificed for our health. The bad thing that always got jealous to the body health is called pathogens. This pathogens which including viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and worms attacks or infects the body and t...