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Chromosome Probes At The University Of Toronto
726 Words - 3 Pages.... chromosomes, or whether we should utilize the eight we
have," he says.
Dr. Willard is currently negotiating with an American company to develop
prenatal diagnostic tests, which, because the current tests are time
consuming and technically difficult to do, are restricted to women over 35
and those who have a family history of chromosomal abnormalities. Prenatal
tests using Willard's probes would be much simpler and faster to perform
and could be available to all pregnant women who wish to take advantage of
the technology.
Current prenatal testing involves growing fetal cells in vitro and
examining them, over one or two months, to see if there are two copies of
a particu ....
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Bacteria Classification By Gram Staining
751 Words - 3 Pages.... colour of the
bacteria: a violet colour where Gram positive and a pink colour of the Safranin
added pending the de-colouring process.
Materials:
1. Bacteria Sample 2. Microscope Slide 3. Gram Staining Kit and Wash Bottles
a. Crystal Violet Solution b. Iodine Solution c. 95% Ethyl Alcohol d.
Safranin e. Distilled Water 4. Bibulous Blotting Paper 5. Microscope 6. Oil
Procedure:
A. Preparation :
1. Bacteria is cultivated on agar jelly in an incubator at 25°C for 24 hours. 2.
Obtain a microscope slide and with a toothpick, smear a thin coat of the
bacteria sample onto the slide 3. Cover the smear with a drop Crystal Violet
and leave standing for 20 seconds 4. ....
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Effects Of Smoking
464 Words - 2 Pages.... the most
dangerous ingredients in cigarette tobacco. Cigarette
smokers are addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes just like
a junkie is addicted to heroin or cocaine. When a person
smokes a cigarette the body reacts immediately to the
chemical nicotine. Nicotine begins to effect a smoker’s
blood pressure, the flow of blood from their heart, the
heart beat and breathing rate.
Cigarette smoke also contains carbon monoxide, the same
poisonous gases released from a car exhaust pipe. Carbon
monoxide is a colorless and odorless, highly toxic gas that
reduces the amount of oxygen that the blood can carry.
Combined with the effects produced by the nicotine, it ....
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Acid Rain And Its Effects
588 Words - 3 Pages.... than normal rain
Acid rain is a serious, and damaging national problem. I don’t think people are fully aware of the serious consequences that acid rain have on many different factors.
For one, Acid rain causes acidification of lakes, streams, and other bodies of water. Because many lakes and streams suffer from chronic acidity (a condition which water has a constant low pH level) this makes them susceptible to acid rain because of their limited ability to neutralize acidic compounds. This results in many lakes and streams being completely dead of fish and all other living things.
Acid rain also greatly contributes to forest degradation, even more so to high-elevated ....
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The Element Cesium
452 Words - 2 Pages.... compounds was discovered, the study of it’s chemical properties was initiated.
Perhaps the most dynamic chemical reaction of Cesium occurs when it is exposed to oxygen. This exposure causes oxides to form, where even the heat from oxidation is enough to melt and ignite this metal. Another major reaction of Cesium occurs with water and ice. Ice with a temperature as low as -177 degrees Fahrenheit can trigger a vigorous reaction. Because Cesium reacts so violently with organic compounds, it is considered the most reactive of Alkali metals. There are four principle compounds that make up Cesium’s structure: Cesium Chloride, Cesium Fluoride, Cesium Carbonate, and Cesium S ....
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Geothermal Energy
4709 Words - 18 Pages.... any large amounts of energy. I believe that
geothermal energy may be an alternative source of energy in the future. There
are many things that we must take into consideration before geothermal energy
can be a possibility for a human resource. I will be discussing some of these
issues, questions, and problems.
In the beginning when the solar system was young, the earth was still
forming, things were very different. A great mass of elements swirled around a
dense core in the middle. As time went on the accumulation elements with
similar physical properties into hot bodies caused a slow formation of a
crystalline barrier around the denser core. Hot bodies consisti ....
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Charles Darwin And Richard Owen
3241 Words - 12 Pages.... medical career and later entered the University of
Edinburgh medical school in 1824. However, due to the lack of quality in teaching, Owen transferred to Barclay
School, and it was here that John Barclay, an anti-materialist, greatly influenced Owen. Through Barclay's
recommendation of Owen to John Abernathy, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Owen was granted
membership to the Royal College in 1826. Owen was later appointed assistant in the cataloging of a collection
containing thirteen thousand specimens (known as the Hunterian Collection (Rupke 17)). It was probably this that
lead Owen interest in the field of anatomy, which eventually lead him into b ....
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The Siberian Tiger
293 Words - 2 Pages.... It's order is Carnivora and it's family is the Felidae.
It's genus is Panthera and it's species is Tigris Altaica.
The Siberian Tiger is a mobile creature and it lives in northern Asia and
is found as for north as the Arctic Circle. It's territory is more than four
thousand square miles and it will keep that territory indefinitely, as long as
the food supply lasts.
The Siberian Tiger hunts very much but only about one tenth of the hunts
are successful. It requires more than twenty pounds of meat per day. It is
heterotrophic and it's diet consists mainly of deer, boar, bear and fish.
The Siberian Tiger is a solitary animal. Males and females are ....
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