Endocrinology is a complicated field of study. The simplest definition for endocrinology is that it is the field of science dedicated to studying hormones. In biology, hormones are secreted inside the body in endocrine glands; the whole of these glands…
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There are many factors that raise our heart rate. Many of these factors are quite healthy reasons, and help to keep us functioning well. The rise of our heart rate as a normal function, helps us to do our physical…
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Of all our senses, the olfactory sense, or sense of smell, is the most intimately connected with the brain. Our sense of smell provides us with critical information about our surroundings. Although it may be tempting to consider masking an…
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The history of the polio vaccine development have been a long and controversial one. Even before the polio vaccine was an idea, a major endemic of the virus occurred in Vermont before the turn of the century, causing the deaths of…
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Human cloning is dangerous to mankind when viral or other harmful components can be transferred, along with cloned tissue, into new hosts. That is the first area of concern, as cloning does not just involve snipping and clipping at the…
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Deoxyribonucleic acid or for short DNA, is the structure (also a nucleic acid) that based the foundation for all biological life on Earth. From complex mammals like humans to simple marine life such as terrotopsis (type of jellyfish that never…
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Down’s syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality that can be identified in approximately 1 in 1000 live births. The condition has shown to be associated with the increasing maternal age and the likelihood of giving birth to a baby with Down’s…
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One of the major problems in medicine concerns blockages of blood vessels causing a lack of blood, and therefore oxygen, to an organ. One way to treat this is to remove the blockage. But in some cases this is too…
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Epigenetic silencing is a means by which cellular machinery may block certain genes in the DNA sequence from being expressed. Epigenetic silencing of tumor-supressor genes is a relatively ubiquitous cellular mistake which allows the unchecked proliferation of the cell, i.e….
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The first development on the road to thermometers was Galileo’s invention consisting of a series of glass spheres filled with varying densities of alcohol that would rise or fall in a closed tube of water depending on the temperature. Around…
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