Describe how a change in the blood's pH might result in adverse changes to the structure and function of important molecules within it. Name a specific functional impairment resulting from damage to a specific functional macromolecule in the blood.
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Swings in pH could denature proteins. As a result, alterations in protein antibodies could disrupt body defenses; denaturation of clotting proteins impairs hemostasis.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false