Gene expression

Globalization, even with all its health disadvantages, should not come under fire so readily. The movement of goods, food and people have become an integral part of what we enjoy as a society that most of us take for granted, exotic fruits and vegetables available in our supermarkets almost every day of the year, competitively priced goods imported from other countries mean we have money left over for our hobbies and that vacation you take every year to visit other countries are all made…

Genes are the basic physical and functional unit of heredity, and make up DNA, acting as instructions for the production of proteins in the organism of every living thing. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is condensed and packaged around histones, which order it into units known as nucleosomes. The epigenome is made up of chemical compounds and proteins that can attach to DNA and switch certain genes on or off, controlling the functions and roles of different cells. Epigenetics, which involves…

The free radical theory hypothesis, initially proposed in the mid-1950s, has developed into a noteworthy aging hypothesis. Free radicals are exceptionally flimsy and receptive particles that can be created by ordinary digestion system, responses to illumination, chain responses with other free radicals, and oxidation of certain natural poisons, for example, ozone, pesticides, and air contaminations. Free radicals and their conjugated mixes are fit for assaulting different atoms since they have…

However, experts have established their own line of arguments in support of their preferred labelling policy, either FDA-recommended voluntary labelling or critics’ favourite mandatory labelling policy in terms of controlled movement of GMOs in local and international markets. Experts’ arguments are also much complicated in this particular area as it does in other aspects of GM debate (Carter and Gruere, 2003). These arguments are stretched from an ethical ground and consumer’s right which…

The purpose of this experiment was to identify the different absorbance levels and response between normal cells and cancerous cells. Also, the difference between resting or stimulated cells and whether they have a difference in absorbance from each other. Inactivated forms of ERK cells don’t react and bind to the antibody on the ELISA plate, therefore this results in a no colour change on the plate. Whereas activated with added phosphate ERK cells react with the antibody and so antibodies do…

Cancer is a condition where abnormal cells grow and divide or normal cells divide at an accelerated pace more times than they should. Cancer.gov describes cancer as follows “Cancer is the name given to a collection of related diseases. In all types of cancer, some of the body’s cells begin to divide without stopping and spread into surrounding tissues.” The human body is a marvelous machine. It is designed from top to bottom to operate at optimum efficiency and this requires the periodic and…

Nowadays if you step into a Whole Foods or a Trader Joes you’ll see there food marketed as “non GMO” or “GMO free”. What does that even mean though? A GMO is a genetically modified organism. Scientists will alter the genes of a plant or animal with DNA from different a species to get desired traits, such as resistance to disease or tolerance of pesticides. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding GMOs over the last few years. Scientists have claimed that GMOs are creating problems for our…

GMO’s stands for “genetically modified organisms,” these are strands of DNA that have been modified to help benefit the plant in some form such as making the plant immune to certain diseases or to help the plant grow larger. Arguments in favor of genetically modified organisms include reasons such as the ability to use fewer pesticides because the crop has been modified to be resistant to certain insects. Another argument in favor of GMOs is that the crop is able to grow in more harsh conditions…

The film GMO OMG I feel is a film that everyone should watch because it introduces its viewers to the truth about the food that we eat on a daily basis. In the beginning of the film, we meet Jeremy Seifert and his family who live in North Carolina with their children. His concern for GMO’s began when he realized that he and his wife now have other lives to take care of and that here in the United States people live in ignorance when it comes to what a GMO is. A GMO as Jeremy described, are…

Ali3 Many people have a huge misconception about GMOs especially GM foods that they are harmful to both the human body and the environment, but various studies have proven quite the opposite. GMOs can bring a plethora of benefits to almost every industry ranging from medical use to agricultural but is held back by a majority that believes in false accusations and unsupported studies. GMOs have the backing of almost every scientist and person who knows even a little about the subject of…