DNA repair

It is a common misconception that science and literature are opposed. The common belief held is that the two cannot coexist because scientists are too focused on science and authors are too focused on the humanities. However, there is much blending between the two, with many scientists becoming authors and many authors taking an appreciation to science. As evidence, Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen is a perfect example as to how the two can cohabitate the same plane of knowledge and work together in…

Nature Vs. Nurture The Nature Vs. Nurture situation is a prominent issue that has created debates for decades now. Throughout history, a phenomenal amount of tragedies have occurred that have made psychologist and the general people question if it is a person's genetics that make them do evil things or because of how they were raised (McLeod). When addressing this question of Nature Vs. Nurture, you have to study a person's behavior and prove why they are the way they are. The childhoods of John…

In a similar fashion, Will Rodman contradicts nature by perfecting the drug ALZ-112 which fixes Alzheimer's by attacking the genes of host cells with a retrovirus. However, the study of Alzheimer's has more potential for good than reanimating life does (because curing Alzheimer's displays more realistic potential and a higher likelihood to help a large audience of people). But, Rodman still crosses the fine line that determines science does too much when he starts to treat his specimens like…

DNA is our genetic code, it is permanent and unchangeable. Epigenetics are the mechanisms that influence DNA, it is the device that inhibits or increases our gene expression. Epigenetics can be influenced by many factors, for example nutrition and stress. Although the actual makeup of our genetic code isn’t changed by these factors, the extent to which the genes are expressed can be (Rettner, 2013). Epigeneticist Moshe Szyf highlighted the ways in which different behaviors can influence…

We live in a world of unceasing technological and scientific advances that have led to the advancement in cloning. Over the past few decades, the moral and ethical issues of cloning have surfaced, remaining in the spotlight ever since. Many different and opposite opinions are present, whether among the members of certain scientific field or among people discussing everyday topics. Cloning, the result of a genetic copy of parent organism is not a novelty. In fact, it has been present for many…

The nature versus nurture debate has continued for many years. This debate consists of whether children’s genetics or their environment primarily cause the way they behave. Nature focuses on the genetic factors; whereas, nurture emphasizes the environmental factors and experience of the child. People have debated on whether the nature or the nurture factor has the biggest effect on the behavior of children. This sparks my main question: are children’s personalities shaped more heavily by…

Growing potatoes on mars? Yes, It could be a real possibility for the future for not just to see if they can survive the harsh conditions but, maybe even adapt to them. In the passage “Spuds or duds? Movie magic may become a reality for astronauts”I think the overall branch of science was life science or “a branch of science (such as biology, medicine, and sometimes anthropology or sociology) that deals with living organisms and life processes” "Life Science. (n.d.). Retrieved February 09, 2018,…

Andrew Read is an evolutionary biologist. When he was young, he used work with native’s birds of New Zealand, which is his homeland. Working with birds, he began to question about how these natives birds lives longer then humans so he became an evolutionary biologist. So now, he works with malaria parasite. These parasites bread very rapidly as if they are on drugs. Therefore, Mr. Read is worried about these bugs. In the 1960, the United States surgeon General believed that we have won the war…

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Generalities PCR is a method developed in 1985 by Kary Mullis and to obtain, by coupling a heat-resistant DNA polymerase and without cloning, amplification of a fragment of DNA known. Initially, DNA polymerase was isolated from a bacterium thermophilne (resistant to significant increases in temperature), as Thermus aquaticus (Taq polymerase). Currently, we use recombinant enzymes, whose; elaboration is easier and greater efficiency. The general principle of PCR is…

Biopharmaceutics This is the in-vivo or in-vitro study of various physiochemical factors including developmental and design factors affecting the rate and extent of drug absorption with regards to the pharmacological effect of the drug. Biopharmaceutical studies use this result to improve likely problems that could arise from poor drug absorption and increase the bioavailability of newly formulated drugs. The main purpose of biopharmaceutical studies is to increase, monitor and maintain the rate…