Scientists are beginning to learn how to use retroviral vectors in gene therapy. Vectors are agents that carry infections and transmit them, like mosquitoes or deer ticks. Retroviruses can be vectors when they infect human cells. That is, when they…
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Pinealocytes are the primary cells of the pineal gland. Their function is to produce melatonin, a hormone that has very beneficial effects on the human body. Long regarded as a mystery gland and connected it to myths, superstition, and even…
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The lungs are part of the respiratory system of the body. The main function of the respiratory system is for gaseous exchange. Together with the exchange of gases, it also has immune functions to clense the air of pathogenic particles…
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Everyone knows about billions of dollars being funded for scientists to do research in order to understand and cure cancer. So what are the scientists actually doing with all that money? Are they really getting any closer to a cure for cancer?…
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The traditional central dogma of molecular biology is that protein-coding gene or DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA), which is then translated into protein. Proteins then play their role in structure and function in the physiology of the human…
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Do right-handed people live longer than left-handed people do? There are many factors at play here, not least the prejudice against the left-handed. Left-handed children are forced to use the right hand because right-handed people think that being left-handed is…
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A remarkable thing happened some 800,000 years ago: some primates began eating meat and cooking food and that likely led to larger brains and modern-day humans. Recent research has tended to suggest that meat played an important role in the…
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The human eye is very unique, if we compare it with a camera. It gives us the ability to see things in three dimensional picture. Inspite of this, our vision has its own limitations. We cannot see all the wavelengthes…
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Sinuses are air cavities within the facial bones. There are four pairs of sinuses that communicate with the nose called the paranasal sinuses. They are named according to their anatomical position, the Frontal, Sphenoid, Ethmoid and Maxillary Sinuses. The Frontal…
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The adult human brain weighs about three pounds. In that bundle of nerves there is an area called the hippocampus. This is the command tower for your memories. Information comes to us from the outside world in very basic ways….
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