Lactic acidosis, identified by a state of acidosis and an elevated plasma lactate concentration is one type of anion gap metabolic acidosis and may result from numerous conditions. It remains the most common cause of metabolic acidosis in hospitalized patients.
This time, weâre talking about another wartime hero: Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. During her early life, she defied the conventions of her social status, choosing to study nursing and science rather than marry and have children.
These four scientistsâWatson, Crick, Franklin, and Wilkinsâcodiscovered the double-helix structure of DNA, which formed the basis for modern biotechnology. Home / Learn / Historical Biographies At Kingâs College London, Rosalind Franklin obtained images of DNA using X-ray crystallography, an idea first broached by Maurice Wilkins.