Learn About the BNP Lab Test for Diagnosing and Monitoring Heart Failure
The BNP lab test is a useful tool for helping doctors to diagnose heart failure. Find out how the test is used.
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What’s Involved in a Career as a Physician’s Assistant?
Physician’s assistants can take on many of the tasks of a fully qualified doctor, and can have a very varied job description. This career is …
Continue ReadingComparing Chimp DNA and Human DNA
One of the first things a biology student hears is that chimp and human DNA are 99% identical. But what exactly does that mean? And what is it about …
Continue ReadingWhat is a Hox Gene?
Without Hox genes you’d be a very different looking person. They ensure that your head sits on the top of your body, that your feet are at the …
Continue ReadingLice Removal and Lice Prevention
There are many species of lice that bug people all over the world. These tiny critters are a major irritation as they feed off the blood of their …
Continue ReadingDetermining the Existence of Tissue Damage with the LDH Blood Test
The LDH blood test is one of the lab tests doctors use to determine if muscle damage is present. If damage is detected, this test can also help …
Continue ReadingDNA Looping and Gene Expression
DNA looping is a curious phenomenon that controls gene expression in cells. It is strongly suspected of playing a major role in conditions such as …
Continue ReadingMapping the Cow Genome: How it Can Transform Farming
The successful mapping of the cow genome is likely to lead to better and bigger things in genetic science.
Continue ReadingNephrologist Career Overview
A nephrologist, or renal physician, is a doctor specializing in kidney disorders. Find out how much training is required to enter this high-paying …
Continue ReadingOverview of Ichthyosis Diagnosis and Treatment
In its most severe forms, ichthyosis can be both painful and debilitating, although mild forms of the disease cause only cosmetic difficulties. …
Continue ReadingSkylon and SABRE - An Unbeatable Combination to Get Into Orbit?
Though there are many spacecraft, manned and unmanned, making their way into space in the early 21st century, only one of those has wings. The Skylon …
Continue ReadingThe Russian Space Program - In the 1980's: The MIR Space Station and the Buran Shuttle Project
In the 1969 the Americans landed on the moon and in 1981 they had a Space Shuttle operating. The Space race did not look good for the Soviets. They …
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