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By dr rend-san
25 Apr 2010

Genetic Code and Genetic Disease

The chemical secret of life resides in the DNA molecule that composes the chromosomes. As noted earlier, special segments of this molecule -the genes - determine our heredity. Specifically, each gene, with the assistance of ribonucleic acid (RNA), directs the synthesis of a particular protein.

Since proteins serve as protoplasmic building blocks and enzymes (catalytic agents that spark metabolic activities), we can well appreciate that a given cell is what it is because of its particular DNA blueprint. What is more, when a cell divides, this blueprint or genetic code is passed along to its daughter cells.

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By dr rend-san
22 Apr 2010

Body Build And Chemistry

Some individuals are stocky with heavy bones; others are thin with fines bones; others exhibit gradations between the two extremes. One way to characterize the diffences in body build was proposed by Sheldon many years ago. According to his now well recognized scheme of classification, the are three basic somatotypes: ectomorphic, endomorphic, and mesomorphic. The ectomorph is an individual who is especially tall and fragile, with a large surface area, thin muscles and subcutaneous tissues, and slightly developd digestive viscera.

The endomorph has a relative preponderance of soft tissue throughout the body, with large digestive viscera and accumulation of fat and with large trunk, thighs, and tapering extremities. The mesomorph- the well proportioned individual - has a relative preponderance of muscle, bone and connective tissue, usually with a heavy, hard physique and rectangular outline.

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By dr rend-san
20 Apr 2010

The Cell, Any Small Compartment

A cell ,among othe things, is any small compartment and this is just what Robert Hooke had in mind in 1665 when he applied the term to the empty microscopic compartments he saw in cork. More particularly, Hooke was referring to the nonliving cellulose walls - the shell of live. The idea of this empty space held sway until Dujardin in 1835 underscored the contents of the cell rather than the walls. He called the living stuff "sarcode", a term to be replaced 11 years later by Hugo von Mohl's protoplasms. Today we think of cell as a circumsribed mass of protoplasm with a nucleus.

Cells are of various shapes and size, each kind designed and equipped for a particular job. Surface cells protect, muscle cells contract, nerve cells relay electrical messages, and so on. The smallest cells are as tiny as 0.1 micrometer in diameter, and the largest are the size of the largest bird's egg. Human cells have an average diameter somewhere in the vicinity of 10 micrometer. The ovum, the largest human cell, is about the size of the dot over an "i".

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By HC-Team
19 Apr 2010

How Much Does Lasik Eye Surgery Cost

So how exactly does LASIK deliver the results?

LASIK surgery occurs by slicing the cornea in a specific way to correct refractive error. LASIK Eye Surgery Cost can be higher or lowered by means of additional factors. By means of altering the corneal size, light results in being targeted on the actual retina, permitting crystal clear imaginative and prescient vision. Throughout the LASIK Eye Surgery, a extremely thin flap is formed at the front of your cornea. The actual flap will be subsequently flattened back again, and the laser beam used to the underlying corneal tissue in a specific way which will correct nearsightedness, farsightedness as well as astigmatism. Your flap will be consequently changed, safeguarding your reshaped cornea below. LASIK could be the most routinely conducted refractive surgical treatment in these days,with increased figures of much more than three million surgeries conducted throughout the world per annum.

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By dr rend-san
17 Apr 2010

Immunity, The Power to Resist An Infection

Immunity is the power of an individual to resist or overcome an infection.  Immunity relates primarily to bacterial and viral diseases, since little or no immunity develops in connection with most fungal, protozoan ,and worm infections.

Phagocytosis and antibodies

The body has been found to react in definite ways to particular pathogens. Of special note are phagocytosis and the production of antibodies. Many kinds of pathogenic bacteria are devoured in great numbers by certain cells called phagocytes. These cells are of two types : motile cells (certain white blood cells) and so called fixed tissue cells. The motile phagocytic blood cells are attracted to bacteria at the site of infection and become an important constituent of pus.

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