James D. Watson

1. James Watson and Francis Crick were credited for discovering the double helix structure of DNA molecule. James Watson is known to have received his degrees at the University of Chicago and his PHD at the University of India. He then met Francis Crick at the University of Cambridge where he later worked after receiving his PHD. Francis Crick during the World War II was some biophysics who held develop radar and magnetic mines then after the war he then began the structure of DNA research with…

The Machine Learning on Translating Language by Information Theory Background: In 2013, Dr. Denise Herzing and her team with the Wild Dolphin project had developed a voice translating system to allow humans and dolphins to communicate. It implied that the ability to communicate with dolphins would fundamentally change the direction on the research of machine learning language. Also this ability to communicate with other species would give us the probability to learning aliens' language and even…

D’ Souza introduces Jeremy Rifkin’s idea “that we are heading for a nightmarish future where people are identified, stereotyped, and discriminated against on the basis of their genotype” (D’Souza, 2001, para. 7). Today, a person’s genotype does not cause…

Nicholas Staropoli is the associate director of the Genetic Literacy Project. He has a Master of Arts in biology from DePaul University and has a Bachelors of Science degree in biomedical science from Marist College. The article, “With Global Gene Editing Slowing Down, What’s the Future of ‘Designer Babies?,’” states that not enough research has been done to safely edit the genes of human embryos. While scientists have an idea about which genes control certain traits such as body type, many…

This cartoon was published from Explosm.net and is a famous Cyanide and Happiness cartoon. It is about a conversation about a doctor(he may be something else like a biologist) and a mother in the year 2109. The doctor can tell the mother a complete prediction on her baby and tells her that her daughter is looking overall healthy but has the gene, that lets her lick her fingers before she turns pages. The mother asks if she can get rid of it. The doctor assumpts she ment that gene and tells her…

This intellectual stimulation, coupled with a desire to discover more about life’s mysteries, compels me to pursue a career in scientifc research. This summer, I worked in a cardiology laboratory at UCLA, looking at proteins associated with HDL to understand how atherosclerosis can be averted. After some experiments provided questionable results, I was given the task of confrming that the viruses we were working with had been packaged and identifed correctly. I spent weeks running DNA gels,…

One current use of Genetic engineering is referred to in an article titled “Engineering the Perfect Baby” by Antonio Regalado. This article touches on multiple studies that are currently being studied in laboratories’ thought-out the world. The objective is to genetically engineer the perfect child using a new technology for editing DNA, called CRISPR-Cas9- or germ-line editing. One main topic covered in this article is that Scientists are currently working on cell editing, which could make it…

WHO FIRST DISCOVERED MITOSIS? Mitosis was first discovered in the early 1880s by Walter Flemming. Walter Fleeming was a German biologist. He developed most of his study on cells and the chromosomes that are inside of cells. In 1878, the claimed that cell duplicate in the process called mitosis. Flemming died on August 4th, 1905. HOW DID MITOSIS GET IT NAME? "Mito-" which mean "thread" in Greek. The process of cell division are described as threads because during the process of…

This article deals with gene therapy related issues. According to authors, gene therapy may substitute a defective gene sequence with its perfect version and thus, can cure severe diseases. The article is mainly focused on the progress and dilemmas of gene therapy in context of hemorrhagic disorders like Hemophilia. Authors also talk about those approaches, which are linked, with gene therapy’s clinical applications (Murphy & High, 2008). The article attracted me as it is relevant with use of…

Name: Maryam Sadiqa Group Members: Oralia Reyes Anny Then Anthony Mayers Date of lab performed: 06/4/16 Date of submission: 06/23/16 Lab Name: Genes in Human Population lab Page number: 57-66 Purpose of the lab: The purpose of this lab was to work with a partner and identify your partners and as well as your own phenotype and genotype. We did that by deeply observing our bodies and then determining whether we have the following traits. PTC, Darwin’s ear point, ear lobe attachment,…