Category: Biomedical Research

A new study has shown that dogs can use their highly evolved sense of smell to pick out blood samples from people with cancer with almost 97 percent accuracy.

Cancer can be characterized as the continual unregulated rapid increase in the number of abnormal cells. The use of mouse model cancer cells serves an utmost significance in the field of research as the causal link to carcinogenesis, the initiation of cancer formation, and cancer genes can be used to test and develop new therapies.

Immuno-engineering represents an attractive avenue for cancer treatment with incredible potential for future advancement. As a field in its infancy, the breadth of current research is naturally limited, yet the advantages of immuno-therapeutic treatment are increasingly clear as larger aggregates of clinical data are collected.

The purpose of this proposal is to establish a systematic method of testing and tracking to prevent another pandemic. This method depends on the creation of a global database and the use of generic viral testing, antigen testing, and data analysis prediction models. Implementing a standard method of testing at various ports of entry will…

The continuous use and often misuse of antibiotics, has resulted in the formation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria carrying resistance genes (Lin, Koskella, & Lin, 2017) which encode proteins that annul the effect of these antibacterial agents. The alarming increase in antibiotic resistance has led to a renewed interest in phage therapy; especially the therapeutic use of…

Humans are able to isolate their DNA through a series of different techniques such as using centripetal force and alternating temperatures in order to later use the isolated DNA in a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) experiment. In this article, I am going to discuss how I used my remaining products from my PCR experiment to…

Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is when microorganisms change or mutate (change in the base sequence of the DNA) after being exposed to an antimicrobial drug, such as an antibiotic or anti-malaria. This allows the microorganisms to become immune to the effects of the drugs and “superbugs”, such as MRSA, can develop.

Polymerase Chain Reaction, or PCR, is a process that allows an individual to replicate many copies of a precise segment of their DNA through a series of calculated procedures. Ever since it was first invented in 1984 by Dr. Kary Mullis, It has become revolutionary in the science of DNA fingerprinting due to its feasibility…