ActionBioscience - promoting bioscience literacy Fundamental Biosciences Life sciences include disciplines of science that are concerned with the scientific study of life – including microbes, plants, and animals, including humans. Biology is an umbrella term for the natural sciences that study life, with the other life sciences serving as subfields. Also, in the area of Life sciences, we aim to promote the understanding of biodiversity of life and improve bioscience literacy to increase global ecological consciousness and promote bioscience education. Goals and Features of Bioscience on ICWB.com To achieve the beforementioned aims, this section features articles written by scientists, scientific educators and science students on a variety of bioscience-related subjects. The record shows time and again that one person or a small group can awaken the public to the importance of an issue and bring about a startling change in the direction of a society.Hal Mooney. Inspired by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
Cell Cycle & Cytokinesis - BioChemWeb.org Cell Cycle Regulation and the Control of Cell Proliferation (Cell Growth + Cell Division) Cell Cycle Research - General resource with links to relevant recent literature, news and job listings. (Ion Channel Media Group) Cell Division - Undergraduate-level lectures on cell division. (Cell Biology Lectures, Mark Hill, University of New South Wales, Australia) The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Cancer - Introduction to the eukaryotic cell cycle as it relates to the genetics of cancer. (Phillip McClean, North Dakota State University) (Just above Beginner's Level) ICRF FACS Laboratory Cell Cycle Analysis - Methods for cell cycle analysis using flow cytometry. See also the Apoptosis, Cell Senescence and Signal Transduction pages. Mitosis, Meiosis and the Mechanics of Cell Division See also the Cytoskeleton, Cell Motility and Motors page. Cancer Resources See also the Discussion Groups section of the General Resources and Tutorials page. Labs Studying Visits:
NOAA Programa de Lixo Marinho - Bem-vindo ACP - Home 49 Fascinating YouTube Videos to Learn About the Human Body As any doctor, nurse practitioner or other health care professional knows, the body is an interesting system. In many ways, it’s like a machine, with many complex parts. There is a lot to learn about the body and how it works, as well as how its different systems interact to create a larger system. Here are 49 interesting YouTube videos that can help you learn about the human body: Brain Your brain directs the rest of the body’s functions. How the Body Works: The Regions of the Brain: An interesting look at the different regions of the brain, and what they are responsible for.Brain Anatomy Function: How brain works? Nervous System The nervous system brings messages from the brain to all over the body. How the Body Works: The Anatomy of the Central Nervous System: Find out how the nervous system is set up, and how it works.How the Body Works: Anatomy of Nerve: The nervous system is made up of thousands of nerves. Muscles Skeleton Circulatory and Respiratory Systems Other Systems
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Genetic green light By Fiona Macrae Updated: 07:27 GMT, 16 June 2011 Scientists have altered the ‘code of life’ in a breakthrough that could lead to cures for hundreds of devastating diseases. The discovery, hailed as ‘the new miracle of modern medicine’ could lead to ways of ending the symptoms and the pain caused by up to a third of genetic conditions. These include cystic fibrosis, Britain’s most common life-threatening inherited condition, haemophilia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, an incurable condition that cripples 100 babies born in the UK every year. The excitement centres around mRNA - the 'cousin' of DNA that contains the genetic sequence used to make the proteins needed to keep our bodies working properly Various tumours could also be in its grasp, the journal Nature reports. The excitement centres around mRNA – the ‘cousin’ of DNA that contains the genetic sequence used to make the proteins needed to keep our bodies, and the organs within them, working properly.
Nature Publishing Group : science journals, jobs, and information Artifiical Heart For decades, the quest for the perfect artificial heart has been wrought with many technical challenges that have made it difficult to design a device that mimics the living, pumping organ. But Drs. Billy Cohn and Bud Frazier of the Texas Heart Institute say that trying to copy the function of the living organ has been part of the problem. They’ve developed a non-beating, non-pumping machine that delivers blood through the body with the use of simple whirling rotors. NEWS: Boy, 15, Gets a Robotic Heart Inside the institute’s animal research laboratory resides an 8-month-old calf. “If you listened to her chest with a stethoscope, you wouldn’t hear a heartbeat,” Cohn told NPR station KUHF in Houston. After practicing on 38 calves, in March the team tried their device on a human patient, 55-year-old Craig Lewis. Cohn and Frazier took two medical implants known as ventricular assist devices and joined them together. CURIOSITY.COM: 10 Reasons Why Laughing Is Good for You [Via NPR]
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Triple Helix: Designing a New Molecule of Life: Scientific American For all the magnificent diversity of life on this planet, ranging from tiny bacteria to majestic blue whales, from sunshine-harvesting plants to mineral-digesting endoliths miles underground, only one kind of “life as we know it” exists. All these organisms are based on nucleic acids—DNA and RNA—and proteins, working together more or less as described by the so-called central dogma of molecular biology: DNA stores information that is transcribed into RNA, which then serves as a template for producing a protein. The proteins, in turn, serve as important structural elements in tissues and, as enzymes, are the cell’s workhorses. Yet scientists dream of synthesizing life that is utterly alien to this world—both to better understand the minimum components required for life (as part of the quest to uncover the essence of life and how life originated on earth) and, frankly, to see if they can do it. Select an option below: Customer Sign In
Synthetic Biology "Synthetic biology" is an umbrella term that refers to a new set of powerful techniques for manipulating the fundamental molecular structures of life, including genes, genomes, cells and proteins. Techniques being developed under the "synthetic biology" rubric include the modification of existing bacteria to produce useful substances or perform new functions, the creation of novel artificial organisms from "scratch," and — less noted to date — the modification of animal and human genes. Synthetic biologists foresee a host of human applications, including new methods to produce drugs, biofuels and vaccines; to diagnose, prevent and cure disease; and — far more controversially — to screen, select, and modify genes for specified traits in embryos, children, and adults. Nonetheless, the field remains in its early days, and separating hype from real potential remains difficult. Such prospects raise concerns for social justice, human rights, and equality.