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End To End Nerve Cells
1,961 words... eir own selves. Consider, for example, the human body. It is composed of 30 + different kinds of cells, totaling over ' 100 trillion' cells when all added together to make up the human adult... These cells come in all different sizes and shapes, with different functions and life expectancies. For example, some cells (e. g. , male spermatozoa) are so small that 20, 000 would fit inside a capital "O" from a standard typewriter, each being only 1 / 20 th mm long. Some cells, put end-to-end, wou...
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Gregor Mendel Genetic Makeup
916 wordsNote: Done for a grade 9 social-studies project. Not very much time and research was spent on this topic. Klyment Tan, September 27, 1997 Change in Genetics Genetics and biotechnology are very old fields of science. During the time of the Egyptians, people have used primitive genetics to produce better crops and livestock. The similar species were crossbreed to produce new species with more desirable traits. The first person to really study genetics was Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk. He began ...
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Science And Technology Genetic Testing
1,206 wordsCreating Human Life Through Genetics In todays world, people are learning a great deal in the rapidly growing and developing fields of science and technology. Almost Each day, an individual can see or hear about new discoveries and advances in these fields of study. One very common topic that has been in the news and social talk of all people recently is what us human beings will be able to do through the development of science and technology in the future. The most heated and controversial of t...
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People With Down Syndrome Children With Down Syndrome
1,090 wordsDown Syndrome Introduction What is down syndrome, is it a birth defect or is it a disease. Well actually its a genetic disorder caused by the duplication of all or parts of the 21 st chromosomes. In our society is it fair to be treated differently just because you have genetic disorder. What causes them to be so different. Is it the way they look or is it the way they talk. What can a society do to those that are affected by this disorder. Is it possible to cure this disorder? As we further go t...
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Dna Molecules Nitrogenous Bases
1,277 wordsFrancis Crick. A name were all familiar with for his work with DNA. In keeping with the spirit of the architectonic, Crick has branched out beyond his original field of study. Crick has done some amazing work in other fields since his famous work with Watson in the 50 s. Most recently, Crick has begun to address the current hot topic in science: consciousness. Though Crick may or may not make earth-shattering observations in his book, The Astonishing Hypothesis, he at least makes a concise, coge...
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Cystic Fibrosis Recombinant Dna
1,125 wordsCancer is diagnosed in almost 1. 5 million people in the United States annually. Approximately one-half million Americans die of cancer annually, making it the second leading cause of death in the U. S. Cystic fibrosis is an inherited, fatal disease occurring once in every 2, 500 Caucasian births and once in every 17, 000 African American births. Genetic research has failed, so far, to solve many genetic-based cancers, but it has identified the gene and its location (on chromosome 7) responsible...
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