Genomics

An organ is needed every 10 minutes around the world. There is an average of 79 people who received organ each day. But even with that, due to the shortage of the donated organs, about 22 people die each day because they couldn’t receive the organ transplant in time. Base on that statistic, it is estimated that about 8,030 people lost their life each year because of organ shortages. However, scientists have now discovered a new alternative to reduce the amount of organ shortage called…

when we extracted DNA, we used Proteinase K (Pro K) digests to mix it with it and touch spinning it to extract all genomic DNA. We added to it Lysis before just to make sure there is no damage to the DNA membrane. We amplified DNA sequences of our cheek cells using polymerase chain reaction technique. We placed our DNA that contains master mix on the ice container so…

White House. “White House Precision Medicine Initiative.” National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Record Administration, 26 May 2016. Web. 08 Feb. 2017. This article brings about former President Barack Obama effortful changes within the health care system through the creation of the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) in 2015. PMI main goal is to tailor treatment and prevention in illnesses and diseases on an individualized basis rather than a “one-size-fits-all”…

The Kennewick Man is human skeleton discovered in 1996 whose ethnic affiliation has sparked legal controversy and scientific debates. Scientists asserted that the Kennewick Man neither belonged to Native Americans nor related to the tribes in the Northwest areas of Pacific region. These two groups advocated for the repatriation bones because they believed they were related to the Kennewick Man. The main law that warranted the return of the bones to natives was the Native Americans Graves…

Chase Rocker Savage 1101 Period 2 November 7, 2016 Animal Testing Strapped to a table with no means of escape, a rabbit squirms to avoid the toxic eye-drop being forced into its ultra-sensitive eye. It shrieks as the drops leave chemical burns on its eye, often blinding it in the process. It endures this pain, sometimes for over a week, as scientists poke and prod to rate the swelling and corneal opacity. All of this suffering is inflicted merely to determine if the product is acceptable for…

This study is about isolating phage. The first step was to do an enrichment isolation then do a plaque assay and spot test. After that the next protocol was do a plaque streak, which was conducted numerous of times. Then serial dilution was conducted and RE Digests of Phage DNA as well. Last step was protocol 10.3, gel electrophoresis. The relevance of this study is important to field of biology because bacterial infections could be treated with bacteriophages. Bacteriophages can be a solution…

Illustration of sexduction in E. coli using streptomycin resistant F-lac- recipients and F′lac+ donors Abstract The process in which DNA from a donor cell is transferred through physical contact into a recipient cell is known as conjugation. In the experiment, sexduction, a cross between F′ and F- plasmids, was demonstrated by mixing the donor and recipient, diluting them and using selective plating methods. The plasmids from the donor, recipient and transconjugant were isolated and analyzed…

The often debated concept of Nature vs. Nurture has in recent years become less of a polarizing topic. With advancements in psychology and biology, the factors that go in to the etiology of certain disorders and diseases have become more clear, but also less clearly distinct from one another. The lines between what is caused by environmental factors or by biological factors are becoming more and more blurred. In particular, social anxiety acts as an excellent example of how these factors can…

The Indian subcontinent has served as a major corridor for the genetic diversity of its inhabitants. Modern-day human population dispersal routes is punctuated with delineating migrations that eventually led anatomically modern humans (AMH) to spread over most parts of the world within the past 100,000 years (Cavalli- Sforza, Menozzi and Piazza 1994; Lahr and Foley 1994). Migration waves are influenced by landscape traversed and thus, natural inter continental passageways acting as corridors…

As the world of science enters the realm of what was once science fiction, many important debates and discussions will serve to mold the world’s future. Thus enter the old science fiction flicks such as the 1997 film Gattaca, a movie ahead of its time with respect to its focus on parents’ eugenic policies that promoted the manipulation of their children’s genes. After viewing this film, it is difficult not to conclude that any form of gene editing technology only leads to a dystopian future in…