Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Website, located at http://www.cdc.gov/about/24-7/index.html, and explore the section on the CDC in action. Based on your research, examine the role of government agencies in managing the impact of natural disasters on a community. Other than providing food and shelter to populations who […]

Scenario: As a specialist in biochemistry, you have been asked to be part of a team that will assist a country that currently does not have regulatory legislation. You will help the other workers in understanding BSE at a chemical level. Because these workers are unfamiliar with the basic biochemistry […]

As humoral responses progress, the average affinity of the antibodies produced rises, in a process known as “affinity maturation.” This seems at odds with at least one aspect of the clonal selection hypothesis, since the notion of “clonal integrity” implies that the progeny of an activated lymphocyte retain the specificity […]

The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 banned both corporations and labor unions from using general treasury funds to make contributions to candidates and from using independent expenditures for “electioneering communications.” This law was challenged by Citizens United, Inc., in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 50, 130 […]