Essays Tagged: "Genetic code"

THE EBOLA VIRUS

ating of antigenic protein and sometimes a lipid layer surrounds it as well. The virus provides the genetic code for replication, and the host cell provides the necessary energy and raw materials. The ... e CDC 3). Also, under ultraviolet light the virus falls apart. This ultraviolet light smashes their genetic material making them unable to replicate. Ebola's virulence may also serve to limit its spee ...

(7 pages) 130 0 3.8 Oct/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

DNA - The Thread of Life

that 'spells' out instructions for making the basic building blocks of life.DNA carries the bodies genetic code, controls the development of an embryo, is capable of duplicating itself, and is able t ...

(3 pages) 266 5 4.8 Oct/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Science: Biology: DNA

that "spells" out instructions for making the basic building blocks of life. DNA carries the bodies genetic code, controls the development of an embryo, is capable of duplicating itself, and is able t ...

(3 pages) 141 1 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

The Genetics of Violence

re slowly and inevitably being faced with the sociological and biological implications of impending genetic power. This power is analytical, in such cases as the Human Genome Project, which will hopef ... lytical, in such cases as the Human Genome Project, which will hopefully succeed in mapping out the genetic code for the entire human genetic composition. Moreover, this power is preventative and part ...

(11 pages) 281 1 5.0 Mar/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis; Outline

te itself quickly andaccurately and must also have a means of being decoded and put into effect.The Genetic CodeBiologists call the program of the cell the genetic code. The work genetic refersto anyt ... gram of the cell the genetic code. The work genetic refersto anything that relates to heredity. The genetic code is the way in which cells storeprogram that they seem to pass from one generation to an ...

(6 pages) 89 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

All about cancer.

ns still unknown, approximately every million divisions, a daughter cell splits off with an altered genetic code. When DNA duplicates with some mistakes, and it happens at the right time, the cell doe ...

(8 pages) 170 0 3.2 Oct/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Psychological debate of Nature versus Nurture

commonly asked throughout the course of understanding human developments. We are born with the same genetic code that determines how we grow, and how we function. But does genetics carry us on through ... eople based on their innate factors versus environmental influences on them. Innate factors include genetics or inborn temperaments, such as, whether if a person is an introvert or extrovert, their pe ...

(2 pages) 219 1 4.2 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

It is a Rogerian Aurgument on Genetic Engineering

Genetic EngineeringThe history of man is a long path to immortality. From the first thought of hygie ... ry of man is a long path to immortality. From the first thought of hygiene to the modern thought of genetic engineering, people have made it a life's work to stay alive longer and healthier. People al ... a gateway from which a large controversy has emerged from. There are many different ways to look at genetic engineering. The cons of the issue are privacy, ethics, safety, morality, and from the relig ...

(5 pages) 114 0 4.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

This essay discusses the importance and significance of the human genome project to the future of mankind, and the contributions to date.

HUMAN GENOME PROJECTWhat would you do if you were given the power to change your genetic code from brown hair to blond? Man has had this ability through natural selection for some t ... alf of that decade. Some of earliest and most obvious applications of genome research are tests for genetic disorders, such as forensic uses to establish identity (to determine paternity, to link susp ... r "dog-tag" in the military). Genome research also promises to find genes expeditiously, making the genetic approach attractive as a first step in the study not only of complex diseases, but also of n ...

(3 pages) 60 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

The structure of the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.

e suit the different roles in which they play in living cells. (10)C)What is meant by the term 'the genetic code' (4)a)DNA are much the same in a number of aspects. Both are built up of large polymer ... shape and because of this they actually bind to each other causing loops.b)DNA -DNA stores all the genetic information for a cell. The information carried is hereditory and is stored very economicall ...

(3 pages) 106 0 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Genetic Altering: The Power to Change a Life.

Genetic Altering: The Power to Change a LifeIn recent years, scientific advances on the genetic code ... elp or hinder. That is precisely why this information should be used for the sole purpose of curing genetic disorders and not to genetically engineer children into the ideal humans.Yes, it may sound w ... t by number. However, is that a choice that is morally correct, or is that playing the role of God? Genetically manipulating children into the ?perfect? race will take away individuality and the surpr ...

(3 pages) 53 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

You Are Not A Number.

r, height, number of bones in a person?s body, 23 pairs of chromosomes in each human body, even DNA genetic code can be converted into numbers. However, none of these show characteristics, attitudes o ...

(4 pages) 52 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Translation and Protein Synthesis- the role of various RNA and the process of synthesis

roteins are encoded in the nucleotide sequence of DNA and messenger-RNA. These, in turn, create the genetic code and the extreme relation between a cell's beginning nucleic acid transforming in to a d ...

(3 pages) 52 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Designer Babies Essay.

Genetic engineering is the alteration of genetic code by artificial means, and is therefore differen ... f genetic code by artificial means, and is therefore different from traditional selective breeding. Genetic engineering has given us the power to alter the very basis of life on earth. It therefore ha ... f life on earth. It therefore has few limits-except our imagination, and our moral or ethical code. Genetic engineering has the power to change who we are. I am particularly interested in a current co ...

(3 pages) 76 1 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Cloning-definitions, pros, cons.

nderstand cloning you must first know how it works. First of all a nucleus containing anindividuals genetic code is removed from an egg cell. That nucleus is replaced with the nucleus from abody cell ... in the original animal.If cloning is overused it will stop or drastically slow the already sluggish genetic improvementsthat take place when in sexual reproduction. The improvement that are caused by ...

(6 pages) 65 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Leadership

ntal, and societal needs are continuously changing. A Nobel Prize awaits the person who cracks the "genetic code" of leadership. Leadership, like beauty, is almost impossible to define...but you know ...

(14 pages) 1225 1 2.9 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Genetics

GeneticsThe study of genetics is an ongoing process that is constantly evolving. As new ideas are bo ... y of genetics is an ongoing process that is constantly evolving. As new ideas are born the world of genetics broadens and becomes more specific. The way life is viewed now is significantly different t ... s ago. The human genome was uncovered. From the beginning of time to the present and in the future, genetics will be a study that shall bring new discovery with each step.The basic of genetics has to ...

(6 pages) 120 0 1.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

"Scientific Creationism"- It is an argument going for the theory of scientific creationism.

ution is impossible never in scientific has scientists has ever found an organism having an altered genetic code. The genetic code of the organisms on this planet is exactly the same today as when the ... ay as when they were created. Evolution only takes place within the established parameters of these genetic codes. Scientists have not found any organisms that have evolved new genetic codes; the DNA ...

(2 pages) 77 2 3.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Chromosome 18 Research Paper

g number one. Therefore chromosome 18-chromosome studied in this paper- is one of the smallest. The genetic code of the chromosome is made of deoxyribonucleic acid-DNA. The structure of the DNA create ... bonucleic acid-DNA. The structure of the DNA creates the alphabet and therefore the language of the genetic code. Each chromosome is a single very long piece of DNA and the genes are encoded along thi ...

(9 pages) 68 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Five Kingdoms of Life

t the members of this kingdom do not contain nuclear membranes in their cells. This means that heir genetic code swims freely in the cytoplasm of the cell (not protected). Going into more detail, it i ...

(3 pages) 39 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology