KTS Syndrome is a genetic disorder clinically characterized by the appearance of numerous non-cancerous tumors in many organs but particularly in the brain, skin, heart and skeletal muscle. The syndrome is rare affecting only 1 in 6000 individuals and is generally diagnosed after the age of 40 when the tumors […]

Team Exercise About Outsourcing Discussion Topic: Team Exercise About Outsourcing Why have outsourcing initiatives become a key element in shaping functional tactics for today’s global companies? As a team, choose a Fortune 1,000 company that has adopted the use of outsourcing and has done so successfully. Work with your assigned […]

In a newly-explored deep-sea environment, several potentially new species of apparent bacteria have been discovered. In some of these single-celled life forms, a novel structure has been observed. The structure is apparently bound to the interior surface of the cell membrane and so does not float freely in the cytosol. […]

In preparation for cloning a gene into a plasmid, you haveobtained a 3kb plasmid vector containing two selectable markergenes. One selectable marker renders E. coliresistant to the antibiotic ampicillin. The other selectablemarker, which also contains the multiple cloning site, rendersE. coli resistant to the antibiotic tetracycline. Ifyou successfully clone a […]