Louis Pasteur, Alexander Fleming, Robert Koch and Edward Jenner made significant contributions to the study of microbiology in the 18th and 19th centuries. There have been tremendous scientific advancements since Pasteur’s time during the “Golden Age of Microbiology”. However, their work was revolutionary and had broad implications for human health […]

There are three main types of coat protein associated with transport vesicles. What is the general purpose of these coat proteins? and where would each of the three types be found in the exocytotic and endocytic pathways of the cell Describe the mechanisms by which a transport vesicle is able […]

In a typical human cell, replication of the entire genome takes about a day. (a) A complex of mammalian DNA polymerase and the other enzymes necessary for replication can copy ~ 50 bases per second. Is there a contradiction? Explain! (b) A typical tumor doubles in size only every 100 […]

1 PAGE PER LEARNING ACTIVITY Learning Activity #1 – In light of the course materials in Theme 1 this week (especially the articles on Ethical Leadership and Ethical Leadership as creating an ethical culture) consider a recent report by the U.S. Army War College, which published their finding of routine […]