A biotech company Helix, has obtained tissue from normal mice and from mice that have especially engineered, highly active muscle cells. You are hired by the company to identify the genes (mRNA) that are differentially expressed in the normal versus the engineered mice. Explain in one page how you will […]

In a fictional situation a person is in an accident and can’t sense any auditory stimuli. This accident also destroyed primary visual cortex. Doctors believe that they can possibly rewire optic nerve to primary auditory cortex. Brainstorm a way for the patient to be able to detect visual stimuli using […]

Q1. Locate a pair of articles, one from a professional journal and one from the popular press classically a news magazine or newspaper. Read each article and point out similarities and differences in their scientific foundation. Q2. In the anterior pituitary region, do you see multiple cell types in each […]

Q1. If a human wants to eat about 10 000 kJ per day, approximate (to the nearest gram) the mass of phytoplankton that would be necessary to meet their daily energy requirements. Based on this value, about what proportion of her own body weight in phytoplankton will a 60 kg […]