What are the implications of personal genomes for drug discovery and development ? In the past decade‚ increasing amounts of dollars have been spent on drug development yet the amount of new drugs entering the market per year remains the same. Furthermore with 200 billion dollars of patents expiring in the past four years (Witty‚ 2010)‚ innovative pharmaceutical companies will need to look at new approaches to discover drugs. With the human genome being sequenced in 2003‚ a new field of science
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purpose of this experiment is to study how enzyme activity is affected by environmental conditions. Researchers tested the level of potato extract enzyme activity with 1-11 pH‚ varying temperature‚ catechol solution‚ hydroquinone solution‚ and different measurements of catechol. In Figure 1A and 1B‚ pH levels were tested with potato extract to see how pH would affect the amount of Benzoquinone is formed in the potato. Although it was hypothesized that enzymes would form Benzoquinone better in acidic
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Cells are the structural and functional units of all living organisms; each specialised to perform dedicated duties throughout their life span. All living organisms can be sorted into one of two groups depending on the fundamental structure of their cells. These two groups are the prokaryotes and the eukaryotes. A Prokaryote cell is the first form of cells for many millions of years until the eukaryote cell evolved from the prokaryote cell‚ which created life. Prokaryote cells are organisms made
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BIOL 1364 LABORATORY EXERCISE 3 ________________________________________________________________________ INHERITANCE OF CHARACTERS Objectives of the Laboratory: i) Determination of the genetic control of seed colour‚ ie how many genes control seed colour‚ what sort of intra allelic (dominance relationship) and interallelic interactions (independent assortment vs epistasis) govern the inheritance of seed colour. ii) Understand the scientific process involved in studying character
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I agree in theory that the objective method‚ what we now call discovery learning‚ is the most effective way for children to acquire the skills and concepts necessary to become scientifically literate adults. However‚ in many classrooms teachers are still struggling to build a discovery-based science curriculum. There is an urgency today that makes acquiring science skills even more important now than they were before. In this hi-tech age‚ knowing how to acquire and evaluate information and how to
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Temperature and enzyme activity Aim: To determine the effect of which the temperature of the enzyme has on the rate of the enzyme catalysed reaction. Hypothesis: The rate of reaction of an enzyme catalysed reaction will increase as the temperature of the enzyme approaches the optimum temperature. Surpassing the optimum temperature will result in a drop in enzyme activity. Materials: 6% hydrogen peroxide Liver suspension 10 test tubes 4 beakers Thermometers Measuring cylinders Test
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Ayaan Nadeem SBI 4UO-A Tuesday‚ February 27‚ 2013 Ms. Balmer Pineapple Jelly Enzyme Lab Discussion After completing the Pineapple Jell-O Enzyme lab‚ the final results were that the canned pineapple formed the jelly while the fresh pineapple did not. Pineapple In order for this to have occurred‚ there has to be a comparison between fresh and canned pineapple in terms of their physical and chemical properties. The physical properties of fresh pineapple are that it is sweet‚ ripe and raw.
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Personal Discovery Essay Overview This essay is intended to guide the student from identifying a problem or situation‚ taking some action in regard to the situation‚ and writing about the experience while supporting/developing their evaluation/analysis with two primary sources. A General Overview: First‚ you will be given a professionally-generated article that addresses a particular topic. This semester‚ the topic will involve health risks. Second‚ you must decide upon an activity after reading
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having the strength to go on. It is going on when you don’t have the strength. Courage is learning to tackle and overcome all of your emotions. Discovery is learning new things for the first time and not makes the same mistakes. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness first published on the fifth of May two thousand and eleven it is a story of courage and discovery. This book is about a young boy named Connor O’Malley whose mum has cancer and ever since Connors mum started her treatments Connor has a reoccurring
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Significance of Discoveries in Genetics and DNA Robert Pride South University (Richmond) DNA- (deoxyribonucleic acid) the molecule that genes are made of. In 1953‚ James Watson and Francis Crick made the announcement that they had discovered the secret of life. They made this announcement in a pub in Cambridge. He was referring to the double helix of DNA. The discovery was the result of work put in by a large group of scientist but pieced together by both men who ultimately received most
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