Natural Science Forum / Biology / Biology / December 2003

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in biotech/microbio practical we use two burners and the space between
them is considered as the sterile zone...but from our breathing,in
air,on skin micro-organisms are present...we can make test tubes
sterile but how can we make room free from micro organisms?

Hello, I have been trying to get the answer to the following question,
with no luck:
Is it the case that all plants and animals, including humans, turn
over every single one of their cells during the course of their mature

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3310233.stm
Cave colours reveal mental leap
By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor

THE NATION
In Reversal, FDA Says It Will Not Regulate Bioengineered Fish
The agency won't monitor GloFish, which go on sale Jan. 5 in every state but
California.

Hi, I need some help with a problem about the genetic therapy for a
disease. If among the four diseases: Gaucher's Disease, Down's
Syndrome, Phenylketonuria (PKU), and Congenital Heart Disease, which
one of them is the best candidate for treatment through genetic

There is a cow with a weight of 600 kilos and 300 rabbits, everyone
with a weight of 2 kilos, so althogether also 600 kilos.
A Cow eats 7.5 kilos hay a day; every rabbit 0.1 kilos hay. So the 300
rabbits eat 30 kilos a day.

This might seem a little ghoulish but might be a good idea.
As we find more genetic diseases, it may be a good thing for ppl to
determine if their ancestors had a certain gene for a disease.
Exhuming a body and testing it can be expensive, So....

I was wondering if there is already something going on to set up a sort of
"Human Cytome Project" ? In my opinion the hardware and most of the
software seems to be avaialable to set up such a project ? For the
cellular level, light-microscopy based reader technology would be very

Hello to every body
I am new in this group and I am really happy to find such nice place!
Any way I am PhD student,first year,in Plant molecular genetic field
and I would like to share with some body`s experience in the giving

I'm a student of Biotechnology and doing a project work leading to my
Bachelor of science.
I have a few questions regarding my work and am hoping anyone out
there would be able to help me.