Biology Essays and Term Papers

is genetically modified. Genetically Modified (or GM) foods are also known as "Frankenstein Foods" and needs to be removed from the market because of the possible negative effects on human health, the lack of food labelling, and the potential harm caused…

between prions, viruses, bacteria, protozoans, fungi and macro-parasites. These are all pathogens that cause diseases. I will also be giving examples of the diseases that these pathogens cause. Prions are infectious agents which do not have a nucleic…

Keith Campbell, director of embryology at PPL therapeutics in Roslin, and his colleague Dr. Ian Wilmut worked together on a project to clone a sheep, Dolly, from adult cells. On February 22, 1997, they finally succeeded. Dolly was the only lamb born…

cut down and when there is so much pollution that the green house effect takes place and the result is Global Warming, which would be the warming of the Earth. To stop it, I think that there must be less rainforests cut down and less pollution made. …

The "thread of life", is deoxyribonucleic acid, otherwise known as DNA. It is the spiral shaped molecule found in the nucleus of cells. Scientists have known since 1952 that DNA…

encounter numerous problems. Problems that go far deeper than your average uncertainty. Problems that one day will result in serious adversity. Ignoring such problems as global warming, pollution, and numerous others will one day come back to haunt…

larger problem every year. More and more people get cancer early in life. Recent statistics show that men have a 1-in-2 lifetime risk to develop a cancer. For women this risk is 1-in-3. The last few decades, cancer has started to reach epidemic proportio…

one great, interdependent system. It interacts with, and depends on, the non-living components of the planet: atmosphere, oceans, freshwaters, rocks, and soils. Humanity depends totally on this community of life--this biosphere--of which we are an integr…

around in chemists' minds for several decades. Something that is affordable, easy to make, biodegradable, and most importantly, just as durable as the plastic we use in so many different aspects of life. (IV bags, Chairs, toys, and bullet proof…

enigmatic topics present within humanity is the evolution of humankind itself. Collectively contrasting both the origins of man physically and the very beginning of complex thought processes has been an incredible task, which is currently undetermine…