Biology Essays and Term Papers

Biotechnology and the research associated with it have become an issue in which people either support, or are against. Technological advances in this day and age have given scientists the ability to do things that were only dreamed about in the past.…

has gone beyond the boundaries of ethics and Catholicism to the point where they are trying to take over the role of God and create a human life without yield. Anyone who thinks that they can take the role of God and create another life has no…

the AIDS disease is at present a sentence of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of my friends has been profoundly altered by it. In my part of the country,…

biological system by means of an automatic mechanism that counteracts influences tending towards disequilibria'. Homeostatic mechanisms operate at all levels within living systems, including the molecular, cellular, and population levels. in humans…

we would never of thought to grow up to become a scientist. He came from a family of tradesmen. He had no fortune, received little to almost no education at all, and knew no other languages other than the language he was born with, which was Dutch.…

the effect that varying salt concentration, in a solution, has upon the osmotic ability of potato chips of a given size. Scientific Background Knowledge Put simply osmosis is defined as the net movement of water molecules, across a selectively…

on potato cell sap. I will test potato cylinders in different strengths of sucrose solution and record any results in a table. I will then analyse my findings and work out the isotonic point of the potato cell sap. Prediction I have looked…

of an organism in a predetermined way, by introducing into it a piece of the genetic material of another organism. Genetic engineering offers the hope of cures for many inherited diseases, once the problem of low efficiencies of effective…

is a worthy goal. Others view it as morally incorrect. I feel that we should be allowed to tamper with our DNA becuase it would truly benefit the human race when we make our children stronger, smarter, and taller. It is our path to human perfection.…

of spillage or accidental contact with clothing. "h Upon contact with solution it is advisable to wash hands or affected body part immediately. Be careful as it burns. "h If breakage of tubes/beaker occurs, clean up immediately. "h In order not…