Medical Science

Since man discovered’ DNA and the role it takes in who we are and who we become, there has been controversy over what to do with it and how far to take it. Many DNA breakthroughs have been beneficial for…
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Ways to Stop Bad Breath There are a number of ways to stop bad breath, as more often than not, it comes down to poor dental hygiene. Smelly breath is often an indication of some underlying cause, such as tooth…
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In 1928, Alexander Fleming accidentally stumbled upon a mold growing in a petri dish.  He noticed that no bacteria grew on the petri dish where the mold was present.  Fleming had discovered the first antibiotic in penicillin.  Since then there…
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On the face of it, any differences between mitochondrial (mtDNA) and nuclear (nDNA) are quite subtle and yet intriguingly blatant. Quite simply, the two substances are exactly the same stuff; nucleotides composed of the purine bases adenine and guanine paired…
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Cloning bodies is not cloning personalities, no matter what Hollywood says. Fear is a very powerful motivator. It can and does, very often, very easily, motivate people to think along strange, exaggerated, paranoid lines – if they’re not careful. For…
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Deafness-dystonia-optic-neuronopathy syndrome (DDON), also known as Mohr-Tranebjaerg syndrome, is a disorder that causes progressive loss of hearing, visual acuity, and neurological control of the body’s actions as well as behavior. This syndrome is found exclusively in males as it is…
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The term aneuploidy refers to any abnormal karyotype, or chromosomal endowment. With the exception of gametes and the XY sex chromosomes males, most human cells are diploid, meaning they contain two copies of the other 22 chromosomes (referred to as autosomes). Some…
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The definition of aneuploidy is when the number of chromosomes found in a cell is either higher or lower than normal. In human cells, the correct number of chromosomes is 46. Anything more or less than this number would be…
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No! And I say that more stridently than an exclamation mark allows. And that no is for you coming to test my genetics, because sooner or later my quality of Highlanddescent will be the flavour of the day. And only…
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Chromosome 17, like the other 22 pairs of chromosomes found in the human genome, plays a highly integral and important role in the development and growth of humans. There are an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 genes located on this specific…
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