Medical Science

The human heart pumps blood out to all parts of the body. You could say it is the engine of the body. Without it, there would be no blood circulating. The beating of the heart is heart muscle contracting and…
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Lysosomes are organelles within the cell that contain hydrolytic enzymes which digest waste material within the cell. They occur in almost all eukaryotic cells. There are more than 40 different enzymes in a lysosome, each critical to the removal of…
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For more than 100 years nuclear most experts believed that low levels of radiation have no negative effect on healthy people. New research sheds great doubt on that previous assumption. A new comprehensive study by scientists published in the peer-reviewed…
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This is the part of the brain usually being referred to!  Brain power is a nice catch phrase referring to  the amazing ability to coordinate input and control to produce fluid action.  These notable aspects of the brain’s power are…
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A chimera is an organism containing genetically distinct cells that originated from different zygotes, (union of an egg cell and a sperm cell), during sexual reproduction. Congenital chimerism is inherited or acquired and occurs rarely in humans. In vitro fertilization…
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The placenta is the organ that attaches the mother and the baby in the womb. It is essentially the unborn baby’s life support system. It forms from the same cells as the embryo and attaches itself to the wall of…
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For many decades, scientists were looking for less invasive methods to detect cancer early and to monitor its progression following therapeutic interventions. The practice of biopsying the cancerous organ may not suit all instances especially when they appear in places…
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p53 is a special type of protein. Linked directly to chromosome 17, p53 is known as a tumor suppressor. Also known as the “guardian of the cell”, p53 controls a cell’s cycle of life. It protects it from being infiltrated…
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There are essentially two forms of congenital chimerism. The most common is haematopoetic or ‘blood’ chimerism. This occurs in non-identical twins and is particularly common in cattle. Due to the closeness of the two fetuses as they develop in the…
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Hair is one of the major determinants of beauty. Everybody’s dream is to have a nice head of healthy hair. Hair loss is a very distressing experience, especially for women. A person normally loses a certain amount of hair every…
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