Telomere

sheep can live to 11 or 12 years of age. Through the post mortem, it is discovered that Dolly had telomeres that are shorter than others of the same age in the same species. Telomeres are pieces of DNA at the ends of chromosomes that shorten every time the cell divides. They could be used to determine a measure of ageing in cells. Dolly and many other cloned mammals came later have shown shortened telomeres, which reveals that their body were older than they actually age. Same as Dolly, most…

Nuclear Transplantation Cloning Nuclear transplantation cloning is a way of reproducing when one is unwilling or unable to use gametes. A procedure can remove the nucleus from an oocyte and replace it with a nucleus from a somatic cell. Then, a stimulus will cause the egg cell to start replicating. The gestation part is the same as with anyone conceived; one will be gestated for nine months before birth. There are controversial views on cloning, with Kass strongly opposing the idea. One…

Old adults enjoy good psychological health. They are adversely affected by mental health disorders and in functioning. Some late-life problems that result in depression and anxiety include coping with physical health problems, caring for a spouse with a physical disability, grieving the death of loved ones, and managing conflict with family members. Addressing these problems and treating these conditions results in decreased emotional suffering, improved physical health, lessened disability, and…

Herpesviridae is a family of DNA viruses that generate diseases in animals and humans. Herpesviruses is an known family member of Herpesviridae and the name originated from the greek word herpin or to creep. Common symptoms are they start out as blisters that eventually break open in sores that scab over,headaches,backaches ,fatigue, flu like symptoms. Herpes can not be treated but the symptoms can be lessen and prevented with treatment. To begin with, there are in total eight herpesvirvus…

For my project, I chose to make an illustration. In the picture I have a breast cancer ribbon, a pot of boiling water, a prokaryote, a chromosome, a pedigree, and a factory to represent human impact, a flower to represent photosynthesis, a food chain, an energy pyramid, an embryo, humans evolving, a biomolecules chart, and the phases of mitosis. I drew a breast cancer ribbon because we talked about different types of cancer. There are many factors that go into the diagnosis of cancer. A lot of…

shrinking of the brain, skin, muscles, and bones. All of these components of the body shrink because of a strand of DNA called Telomeres. Telomeres gradually shrink over time as a result of the aging process. Exercising regularly has been proven, in over 40 separate studies (Regular Exercise Reduces a Large Number of Health Risks), to slow down the shrinking of the Telomere strand causing the aging process to also slow down. To simplify everything, a human body is going to break down…

13. Our advantage in the “survive and reproduce race” is that we are intelligent. We know that we want to reproduce and survive. We learn mechanisms or tactics to protect ourselves and survive. An example of this is antibiotics. The author describes the battle between bacteria and antibiotics as an “Arm race” because whenever new antibiotics are introduced or discovered bacteria always develop resistance to it. An example is penicillin when it first came out in 1928, it worked great but 22 years…

1. What did Robert Sapolski initially note in his studies of baboons in terms of social rank? How did social rank specifically impact his baboons stress? Firstly, he decided to do testing on baboons because he noticed that baboons usually spend around 3 hours finding food for the day than the rest of the time they did whatever, that’s we he noticed more about the baboons. He found out that they all seemed to fight or stress one another out the rest of the day. By doing more studying, he found…

Somewhere within a lab, Ian Wilmut lead a team of scientists to create the world’s first animal from a somatic cell. And from that revolutionary discovery, scientists use this way to artificially produce living creatures that even today are being used. Dolly the sheep died many years ago and many have wondered about the ethics of cloning an animal, whether or not Dolly’s “sister clones” were actually genetic matches and whether cloning is a bad way of producing a living creature and shouldn’t be…

will contribute telomere disappear. If baboons are losing telomere on their DNA, it will be hard for them to keep a health life and control their emotion. Furthermore, I think that humans and baboons have the same psycho and behavior. For example, if humans get environment pressure and stress from their daily life, humans will make an adjustment to change their behavior and cope with the stress. In addition, humans have the same problem just like baboon that is losing telomere on DNA while…