Anaerobic organism

Did you know that if researchers clone the Woolly Mammoth, they will use an endangered Asian Elephant? Resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth could be really dangerous and potentially harmful for the environment, and the many elephants involved. “Cloning a mammoth will require you to experiment with probably many, many Asian elephants," said Dr Tori Herridge back in 2014. If the cloning is not successful, the elephant or elephants could die. Scientists should not bring Woolly Mammoths back because…

Missing Microbes It was an elegantly composed book, loaded with fascinating data about organisms and analyses depicted in an extremely open manner, weaving the individual and expert encounters of its writer, Dr. Martin Blaser, into a provocative analysis on the hazards of improper antimicrobial medication use. He discusses various thoughts of how upset organisms may be influencing cutting edge, endless ailments ("a strange cluster of what I call 'present day plagues': corpulence, youth diabetes,…

advances of microscopes humans are able to detect tiny molecules cells and subcellular structures that turn out to be the most important thing structures for of every living creature on this planet which are cells. The cell theory states every living organism is made up of cells and that all cells arise from preexisting cells Cell structure is highly complex with many internal structures. Cells contain the instructions for our genetic makeup and errors in these instructions are called mutations.…

to compare DNA of viruses to other organisms. Studies at the molecular level have revealed relationships between viruses infecting organisms from each of the three domains of life and viral proteins that pre-date the divergence of life and thus the last universal common ancestor (Mahy, 2009). Viruses are infectious, microscopic agents. They are not alive by themselves. They require a host cell. Viruses can only replicate inside the living cells of an organism. The virus takes over the…

It has been established that the gut microbiota greatly influences human health by assisting in digestion of food, making certain vitamins, and aiding in the activation of the immune system. However, it is also essential to maintain a balanced community of microorganisms. As mentioned above many factors including antibiotics, stress, and certain diets all contribute to an imbalance in the gut microbiota termed dysbiosis (Hawrelak et al.,2004). Many illnesses such as Crohn’s Disease and…

Homeostasis, a unifying principle of biology, refers to the body’s ability to maintain a constant internal environment in response to environmental changes. If the body was unable to maintain a constant internal environment, cells would lose their ability to carry out normal functions. For example, when we consume different foods or drinks, our body essentially maintains a constant pH or when we are exposed to cold weather, the body regulates body temperature in an effort to maintain an internal…

Nicholas Schoenbrodt Mrs. Mino Honors Biology Period 8 October 14th, 2015 Summary: In the article Gene-Edited "Micropigs" to Be Sold as Pets, David Cyranoski talks about a new pet, the “Micropig”, created as a result of gene-editing. Gene-editing is a process where a scientist changes the genetic code of an animal without introducing the genes of a different animal. When creating the “Micropig”, scientists in Shenzhen, China used enzymes to disable certain genes in the fetus of a Bama pig, an…

The article that I have chosen for extra credit was an article Stanford Report’s Bjorn Carey wrote about associate Biology professor Jan Skotheim and a team he has been working with about conducting research to see how the growth of cells could lead to cell division. What this team did first was they chose to test on yeast because it is easy to manipulate and they believed that if they could have success on yeast, they could take what they found and use it on human cells. The team began to look…

Somatic gene therapy has the potential has to be extremely advantageous to individuals but it also has the potential to do more harm than good to an individual. The concept of gene therapy is impeccable and has the capacity to achieve extraordinary results. In the process of somatic gene therapy, individuals with severe diseases are treated by an injection of a vector with the corrected gene for the disease in which they are attempting to fix. Typically, that vector is a deactivated virus; this…

There are so many different type of organisms in this world and they all live there own separate and different lives. When learning about a certain animal or species or even a certain organism you have so many different options to learn from. For example, a turtle you can find their habitat, where they are in a food web and even their interspecific interactions with other organisms interactions with other organisms. Turtles are some of the most interesting animals in the world, they have so many…