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Transformation is the process of taking DNA, typically plasmid DNA, and inserting it into competent bacterial cells. This allows scientists to change the bacteria to reflect desired changes, like fluorescent or chromogenic proteins. Like all experiments, transformations can be unsuccessful…
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Over the past fifty years, neurology research has revealed a great deal about brain activity and physiological patterns of sleeping. Prior to the 1950s, it was commonly believed that sleep was performed automatically and was a passive process where the…
Scientists have identified ~200,000 genes in the human genome. However, the majority of research focuses on a far narrower subset of around 2,000 genes. Out of these 2,000 genes, a few have risen to the level of superstardom. Here are…
Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA is the genetic material found in living organisms from bacteria to plants to humans, and even some viruses. DNA is the blueprint used to build an organism. The directions coded for by our DNA controls everything…
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