Medical Science

DNA is a double stranded helix, constituted by four nucleic bases: adenine, thymidine, cytosine and guanine. Two strands of double helix are linked through hydrogen bonds, weak chemical bonds between adenine- thymidine and cytosine- guanine. These bonds guarantee to keep…
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RNA and DNA are two types of nucleic acids. The differences between these two molecules involve their chemical composition and, sometimes, their structure. RNA stands for ribonucleic acid, and DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. As the names imply, one difference…
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Alleles are different versions of the same gene. In popular every day usage, when people talk of “a gene for something” they often mean what is correctly called “allele”. There is no gene for blue eyes, for example, or gene…
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High school level genetics is usually a study of the basics of genetic theory and DNA structure. Though college level classes have the facilities and resources to conduct more advanced, and yet still somewhat basic, projects, high school resources would…
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 Trying to define behavioral genetics can be difficult. In simple terms, it is the study of genetics in relation to the outward behavior of an organism that is seen. So in other words, it is the study of the hereditary factors of behavior….
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Gene expression is the process of protein formation. Proteins are the molecules that are responsible for enabling us to live. They carry out majority of the processes that are important for life, as they include enzymes, transcription factors and the…
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There are literally millions of diseases and there are many different types of diseases from infectious and contagious diseases to congenital diseases along with acute and chronic diseases. Anything that causes a human pain, distress, social problems or dysfunction can…
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Alcoholism and its genetic component has yet to be determined, it is still under study by the Medical and Psychiatric societies.  Is the child of an alcoholic more likely to become an alcoholic, then the child of a non-alcoholic parent?  It does…
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Difference between dominant and recessive genes Strictly speaking, there is no such a thing as a dominant or recessive gene. A gene is a section of the DNA that encodes a particular instruction, or a set of overlapping instructions: a…
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Blood can be considered the life line for all tissues in the body and when the circulation gets disrupted, the tissues would be deprived of several essential elements such as oxygen, nutrients, hormones as well as other substances. This can…
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