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Cloning is a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual it is derived from. During the process of cloning, a piece of DNA is cut from its source with a restriction enzyme. Then, the DNA is put into a vector ( a DNA molecule used to transport genetic material into another cell). The vector is introduced to a host cell by the process called transformation, then the host cell copies the vector DNA with the original DNA; creating copies of the inserted…

Geiger Counters and Ghost Hunters: Is it Cutting Edge or Just Pseudoscience? There is a need for real scientific methodology in paranormal research if it is to be taken seriously by the scientific community in general. There are two main competing arguments going on in the realm of paranormal research and investigation. One side says there is break throughs happening in the field and they are using high tech equipment and scientific figures to conduct their investigations and they are very…

There are two types of gene therapy treatment: Somatic cell gene therapy and germline therapy. Somatic cell gene therapy includes gaining blood cells from a person with a genetic disease and then inject a normal gene into the defective cell. This type of gene therapy cannot be passed down generations (from parent to child) because it does not affect the egg and sperm cells. Somatic cell gene therapy needs to be done a few times to be permanent in a patient. The other…

The fruit flies does deal with dominant vs. recessive for the wing traits. Complete dominance occurs when the dominant allele complete cover (hide) the recessive allele. This occurs to the wing traits in the fruit flies. Normal wings are dominant over vestigial wing and base on the data, the female that carries the vestigial wing did not create any F1 generation of vestigial traits. This occurs because the male has normal wing so when the two parent meet; the dominant normal wing in the male…

TNF was formerly called cachectin and later termed TNF- a. A protein related to TNF originally termed "lymphotoxin" was also discovered which known as TNF-β. TNF-a is synthesized as a prohormone and then processed intracellularly through successive steps of proteolytic cleavage by enzyme called TNF-a converting enzyme (TACE) to its mature form. ( Joost and Francis, 2001) TNF was formerly called cachectin and later termed TNF- a. A protein related to TNF originally termed "lymphotoxin" was also…

Imagine having glowing parts at night in your body. Having the ability to glow in the dark would be fun. There are many things in the world that glow in the dark. For example, glow sticks, lightning, fireworks, mushrooms, bacteria, algae and many more. The Aequorea Victoria Jellyfish is a jelly that glows in the dark. I am more than interested to learn how luminescence works and its processes. The Aequorea Victoria Jellyfish is a jellyfish found in the Puget Sound, Washington State. The…

named due the mistaken belief that germ cells arise from this surface layer. Instead germ cells are more likely to arise from the gonadal tissue itself (2). Spindle shaped cells called the ovarian stroma constitutes the major cell type ubiquitous throughout the body of the ovary. In the periphery,…

Highlands Ranch, CO, June 22, 2012 Dr. Chad Prusmack, through his nutraceutical company PruTectRx, has been authorized by T.A. Sciences to prescribe the telomerase activator, TA-65. Popularized by Suzanne Somers in her book, Bombshell: Explosive Medical Secrets that Will Redefine Aging, TA-65 has been shown to lengthen telomeres in DNA strands, which can help slow aging, hinder the development of cancer and decrease genomic instability. TA-65 is only available through authorized,…

The first incident of a “designer baby” occurred in the mid-1990s. It was facilitated by a man, Jacques Cohen, who believed he had discovered a way for infertile women to become pregnant. In order to achieve this, Jacques used DNA from the mother, a father, and also a third party DNA donor for “cytoplasmic transfer.” It was later found out that this “cytoplasmic transfer” actually gave the children extra mitochondrial DNA. Thus, the first “genetically enhanced” baby was born. The Genetic…

article, “US Panel Greenlights Creation of Male ‘Three-Person’ Embryos,” written by Sara Reardon, in order to learn more about this new technology. The SciShow video that I watched defined mitochondrial DNA as a set of genetic instructions within our cells. It is made up of 37 genes that are inherited only from our mother’s DNA, and as with the human genome, genetic mutations within the mitochondrial DNA are possible. A mother can easily pass any mitochondrial DNA mutations to her offspring.…