Immunity: How your Body Protects Itself from Infections
What is immunity and types of immunity: Human body is a store house of wonders and astonishing features and functions making it an interesting and curious subject to understand and deal with. Made up...
View ArticleGene therapy for hair loss and baldness
Hair loss is one of the common problems faced by a large number of men and women. There are a number of remedies that are available in the market namely wigs, topical treatments, drugs, nutrient...
View ArticleFind number of restriction fragment size in chromosome
Hi all, I am prepare in entrance exam. I need help. A restriction endonuclease has the recognition sequence G/AATTC, where "/" indicate the cut side. This sequence is found, on average, once every 'X'...
View ArticleIssues in the production of Recombinant proteins in Plants
The advance in the field of recombinant DNA technology and the techniques of plant transformation have helped in the creation of novel platforms for the production of proteins on the whole plants...
View ArticleRecombinant Cytokine therapy for immune and inflammatory disorders
Cytokines belong to a class of regulatory proteins that are produced in very minute amounts upon stimulation and are generally pleiotropic in nature i.e. have multiple actions on different target cells...
View ArticleThe pathway of Toxins in the body – Entry to Elimination
Toxicant is the name given to the substances that are potential to cause any undesirable effect in the living organism even causing death of the organism on exposure to such compounds. In simpler term...
View ArticleFewer Side Effects - Synthetic Enzyme Developed at Princeton University
Scientists at Princeton University have developed a synthetic enzyme that will modulate ingested drug to prevent its metabolic degradation and reduce both toxicity and dose needed for expected medical...
View ArticleGenetically Modified Milk, Carrot, Golden Rice and Tomato (Part 1)
Genetically modified food is becoming our reality and is possibly landing on our Thanksgiving dinner plate too. Genetic engineering could increase nutritional value of the food, provide immunity...
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Genetically Modified Apples, Papayas, Potatoes, Corn (Part 2)
May be the food we are eating for Thanksgiving dinner is genetically modified, ex: Apples, Papayas, Potatoes and Corn. Arctic Apples Unique characteristic of each apple (no matter of the size, color or...
View ArticleWhat are Plastic Antibodies?
Researchers in Japan and California (Stanford, UC Irvine) have developed plastic antibodies capable of seizing and neutralizing dangerous materials in the body. Immune system is complex set of cells,...
View ArticleRetinal devices and artificial cells
Thanks to the complex sensory system we can hear, smell, see, feel and taste the world around us. Each sense is important and has unique anatomy that can help us modify our behavior and adapt to the...
View ArticleWays to enrich ourselves with great knowledge
Hi, I believe that becoming a mastery in a particular subjects of life science and Non-Life science subjects can help me acquire a great knowledge to become a successful researcher in the field of life...
View ArticleDietary Benefits and the Industrial exposure hazards of the Essential metals
Metals possess wide range of applications from domestic to industrial use. Inspite of its toxic nature and effect on exposure of various metals few metals are very essential for the human body to carry...
View ArticleGene therapy for Pancreatic cancer
Developments in the treatment of pancreatic cancer using gene therapy: Among the different types of cancers, pancreatic cancer remains to be one of the most prevalent one that is difficult to treat due...
View ArticlePotential cure for Alzheimer's disorders
Treatment for Alzheimer disease: Modern medicine and well established healthcare system prolonged the average length of the human life. Old age is associated with numerous neurodegenerative disorders;...
View ArticleWhat is personalized medicine and how does it work?
Recipe for every living creature is encoded in its DNA. Unique genetic combination inherited from parent determines phenotype of the newly created organism. DNA differences are smaller than expect. Out...
View ArticleFactors Governing the Expression of a Toxicant
A study on toxicants and factor influencing the toxicity: Any substance that is known to cause deleterious effect on a biological system upon interacting with the system is called as toxicant and the...
View ArticleGenetically predisposed circadian rhythm and time of death
Living creatures adjust their biological activities according to the local environmental factors. Thanks to those factors, animals could determine perfect time to eat, sleep, mate, migrate… Pattern of...
View ArticleTeratogen Effects and Evaluation - Are they Toxic?
Summary: All teratogens are toxins and not all toxins are teratogens The drug or chemical with a potential to affect the fetus resulting in any malformation of the structure is called as teratogen....
View ArticleThe most influential women in biotech industry
When you think about successful business and innovations in biotechnology field, first thing that comes to your mind is probably a clever man surrounded by the group of scientists. Women, especially...
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