Biophysics

The Structure of DNA Somewhere in someone’s brain a curiosity is born that starts a wanting to find an answer. Not everybody gets these feelings to act upon their feelings of wanting to find out an answer, but for some people it does. An Austrian monk, Greg Mendel was a for-father of finding “basic patterns of inheritance.” He started doing his scientific experiments around 1854 in his gardens researching “the transmission of hereditary traits in plant hybrids” (Bio, a Biography of Gregor…

Photosynthesis Photosynthesis is the physico-chemical process by way of which plants, algae and photosynthetic bacteria consume light energy to drive the synthesis of organic compounds. In plants, algae and certain forms of bacteria, the photosynthetic process yields, the release of molecular oxygen and the elimination of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere that is used to produce carbohydrates (oxygenic photosynthesis). Further forms of bacteria use light energy to generate organic compounds…

Three words, Magnetic Resonance Imaging. It’s the MRI, truly a miracle machine! The MRI has helped people in the past, is helping people in the present, and will help people in the future. Inside is high tech machinery that has both mechanically, and has chemically powerful equipment. The inventor is remarkably intelligent, as well as his invention. Both his religious and medical beliefs played a role in the creation. Question is, how did all this come to be? As a break though in the 20th…

In todays society many articles and writings may not always be true, it’s always difficult to find credible sources. In the three articles “Why Nice Guys Finish Last” by Julia Serano, “Visible Man: Ethics in a World without Secrets” by Peter Singer, and “The Weirdest People in the World” by Joseph Henrich, they all represent different ways of how a source can be credible. Many authors and writers strive to make their work and sources credible for the audience, which is why using personal…

Boston University, Lycoming College, and Johns Hopkins are all good schools with graduates that became successful. Each school offers different programs and courses to help an undergraduate student get into medical school. Boston University, Lycoming College, and Johns Hopkins all have strong biology programs, the colleges also have other courses that would benefit someone going into the medical field, but each school has different requirements per course. Boston University is a large, urban,…

Dr. Hudspeth grew up in the rural outskirts of Houston, Texas where he has said that his interest in science and nature flourished. He was a passionate collector of rocks, fossils, and shells along with a variety of animals. Hudspeth started his first research job at the age of 13 working with Dr. Peter Kellaway, who was a neurophysiologist at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hudspeth’s passion for hearing was sparked while pursuing a Ph.D at Harvard. He states that the his interest was…

CASE #2 Emma is a 7-day old female with Trisomy 13. She has hypotonia, a VSD, cleft lip and polydacly. Her parents have been counseled that only 5-10% of children with Trisomy 13 live beyond their first year of life. The parents want to pursue all possible treatment for Emma. 1. What ethical principles are involved in this case? Emma is a 7 day-old, female who was diagnosed with Trisomy 13. She has a medical history of hypotonia, VSD, cleft pallet and polydacly. The ethical principles that…

truly the case, then how have life forms as ordered as the ones here on earth possibly come to exist? The universe’s relentless drift toward pure chaos poses quite a challenge to the order that is life, but by using concepts of thermodynamics and biophysics, life forms continue to subsist. Life itself is in a perpetual struggle with the Laws of Thermodynamics that both are the foundation for it, and what will eventually bring it to its end. First, it is important to give a brief introduction of…

The human skeleton system is a highly dynamic organ made up of a total of 213 bones in adults . It is formed by a mineralized connective tissue and comprises two mainly cellular types: osteoblast-lineage cells, and osteoclast-lineage cells. The skeletal system exerts fundamental functions in the body, such as supporting and providing mechanical protection to soft tissues; storing several minerals (mainly calcium and phosphate), and releasing them in the blood stream when required; harboring the…

Reem Alarian October 18, 2015 Marketing - Extra Credit VCU’s 21st Annual Business Forum On October 13, 2015, at the Virginia Commonwealth University, Student Commons Ballroom, a program from Universal Corporation was generously granted to the University, as VCU’s 21st Annual Business Forum. We had the great honor of meeting Arturo Sarukhán, a Mexican diplomat and international strategic consultant. Brandon J. Price, president and co-founder of Biogenin. Gilles Gauthier, minister for…