37. You are working in a laboratory, after graduation, since you have recently discovered a new...

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37. You are working in a laboratory, after graduation, since youhave recently discovered a new process to allow nerve cells toregenerate after they have been saved in an injury. You resuspendyour cells in a wash buffer that contains 140mM NaCI (58.44g/mol) 5% glucose and 5mM KCI (74.55g/mol) pH 7.4.

Please answer whether the solution is hypo, iso, or hypertonic.What would happen to the cells. Explain why the answer is what itis. Explain which are the penetrating and nonpenetratingsolutes.

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To know wheather a solution is hypertonoc or isotonic we should first calculate the osmolarity of the solution a 140 mM Nacl 140 2 280 mOsmol 2 because dissociation factor of Nacl 2 b 5 glucose 277 mOsmol Calculation Molarity    See Answer
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