The correct folding of proteins is necessary to maintain healthy cells and tissues. Unfolded proteins are responsible for such neurodegenerative disorders as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, and Creutzfeld-Jacob disease ( thr specific faulty protein is different for each disease). What is the utimate fate of these disease causing, unfolded proteins? a. they […]

Your friend had a spinal cord injury after a bad car accident. The medical team has decided that he is a good candidate for a clinical trial using stem cell therapy. Your friend has not had a biology course since high school, so you decide to write him a letter […]

Background: Biotechnology allows the use of living organisms or their processes for human needs or purposes. Currently, this topic includes such general examples as cloning, stem cells (adult, umbilical cord, and embryonic), DNA fingerprinting, biological warfare, bioremediation, genetically modified organisms, vaccines, and transgenic plants and animals to name a few. […]

1. A population has a current size of 110. If ? is 1.3, what will the expected population size be after two generations? 2. A continuously growing population has a population size of 1,000 and an intrinsic rate of increase of r = 0.05 per year. Assuming that this rate […]