Medical Science

When it comes to cloning humans and animals, we are duplicating them in to what we want them to be. So if they clone the first off clone of person one, that is making an exact copy of that person….
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The idea of cloning human beings might seem futuristic and something only done by mad scientists in science fiction movies. However thanks to our recent advancements in technology this idea might turn into reality. Like any new concept there are…
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Gene expression is the process by which proteins are made. Proteins carry out almost all of the essential processes of life as they include enzymes, transcription factors, and the cellular machinery. Proteins are often referred to as gene products because…
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Deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, is the molecule of heredity that contains the genetic code for generating and maintaining an organism. To understand an organism, how it functions, how it develops, how it evolved, and what diseases may befall it, etc. it…
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Color blindness is a malfunction of the retina, which converts light energy into electrical energy that is translated to the brain. It is extremely rare for someone to be totally color blind. Most people actually have a form of color…
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Drosophila is the small fruit fly (so-called because of the fondness of the species for rotting fruit) that has played a big part in the development of modern genetic science. The Drosophila melanogaster species, in particular, is one of the…
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DNA (abbreviation stands for) replication, often through the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or bacterial culture, is extremely important in laboratories conducting research on a number of diseases. When isolated from the blood or cells of a living organism, the amount…
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Gene silencing is a technique that results in stopping the expression of a gene, effectively turning the gene off. This is a natural process in cells that is accomplished by epigenetic changes, changes to the genome that are not changes…
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Over the past few decades, the role of genetics in disease has become a topic of many research studies. However, an already complicated field has become increasingly complex with the advent of epigenetics. This relatively new field focuses on chemical…
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Connective tissue is one of the four major tissue types and it is found in every organ system throughout the entire human body. Because its composition varies significantly according to its function and location, connective tissue includes many subtypes of…
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