DNA methylation

Introduction Eugenics has become somewhat of a buzzword in mainstream discussions of the topic. As with most buzzwords, it is overused to the point of overshadowing broader applications of the topic (For an example see Peter Singer on Animal Rights pp. 196-203). Notwithstanding, this paper will discuss heavily the topic of Eugenics, and more specifically Julian Savulescu’s stand on Eugenics and whether he believes in endorsing a program of eugenics. Savulescu’s opinion will be analyzed mostly by…

Though it may sound a mundane topic, bananas have had great historic importance throughout much of the world. Bananas have been a main source of food, spanning many years across many ancient kingdoms. The origins of the banana are rather quite hard to pin down. Though scientists believe them to have originated in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific around 8,000 to 5,000 BCE, they keep discovering older bananas. One could say that these new discoveries “drive them bananas.” The banana gets…

Kaempferol is a natural polyphenol, secondary metabolite (flavonol), a type of flavonoid, found in a variety of plant-derived foods. Kaempferol is a yellow crystalline solid with a melting point of 276–278 °C. It is slightly soluble in water and highly soluble in hot ethanol, ethers, and DMSO. Kaempferol acts as an antioxidant by reducing oxidative stress. Many studies suggest that consuming kaempferol may reduce the risk of various cancers, and it is currently under consideration as a possible…

To know about phenomenon refraction you must learn the meaning of the word and how is does it apply to forensics science. Refraction is when the waves bend as they pass from one medium to another, when that happen, it cause the waves to have a change in their speed. When a series of waves create an angle traveling toward the new medium, one side will change speed before the other side, causing the waves to turn toward the slower side this is known as a phenomenon. Phenomenon is associated with…

1. Should someone be able to patent life? Life should be able to be patented with many exceptions. Anything with a brain should not be able to be patented as that would be inhumane. However, tampering with the genes of other forms of life can become helpful to society. For example, microbes that can eat up oil spills can save many other living beings in the ocean. As well as this, having variety in foods is vital to prevent diseases wiping out a species of food that many people rely on. It…

Genetic human identification and modification should be allowed, to a small extent. Genetic modification should be allowed if born with diseases or any other life-threatening factors. Genetic identification should be allowed to identify one’s birth gender, but transexuality (changing one’s gender) should not be allowed at birth. Genetic modification should be allowed if one is born with diseases so they can have a better life. For example, from the movie Gattaca, Vincent Anton Freeman was born…

Cheri Baker Sheryl LeSage EG. Comp. 2 10-9-2015 Annotated Bibliography George, Nneka M., Julia Whitaker, Giovana Vieira, Jerome T. Geronimo, Dwight A. Bellinger, Craig A. Fletcher, and Joseph P. Garner. "Antioxidant Therapies for Ulcerative Dermatitis: A Potential Model for Skin Picking Disorder." PLoS ONE PLOS ONE (2015). Web. 6 Oct. 2015. This article is about studies done on mice with ulcerative dermatitis, which is being compared to skin picking and trichotillomania in humans. The mice…

When does an object become a patent? In some cases when a possession is not in your hands anymore it no longer belongs to you. But in other cases it can still be your possession no matter where it is. There are very odd cases where problems like this arise. In the case Monsanto V. Bowman, the company, Monsanto is suing a man because he took advantage of Monsanto’s patent wrongfully. Monsanto is a Company that produces and sells herbicide and genetically modified organisms, (GMOs) which are…

Genetic transformation is an important method, in molecular biology and genetic engineering, for transferring DNA amongst a variety of organisms. In Lab five, my lab partners and I used calcium chloride to make the bacterium cell walls more permeable and a heat shocking method to introduce the pGLO plasmid in the E.coli bacterium so that they may exhibit ampicillin resistance. The Goal of the experiment was to observe whether or not, given one of the four specific conditions, the pGLO plasmid…

Progeria, otherwise known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome , is a rare disorder that causes children to age eight times faster than a normal person. This disease affect only 350 kids today. It was discovered by Jonathan Hutchinson in England in 1886 and was first called Progeria by Hastings Gilford. It was then named Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome. The name Progeria is taken from a Greek word that means "prematurely old". It is an autosomal recessive disorder, meaning that an…