Did you know that over 73,000 American soldiers who fought during World War II are still missing in action1? These are Armed Forces personnel who were sent by their government to fight a war but who never came back. They became prisoners of war (POWs) or were listed as missing in action (MIA). 1,643 U.S. … Continue reading
I have written about DNA before (regarding proteins and in the context of crime scene investigations). What I have not broached yet is the physical constitution of the DNA molecule. The media (appropriately) keep things simple when a news story involves genetic concepts by talking about “letters”. DNA is the “code of life” made up … Continue reading
Nucleus (biology): an enclosed structure within a living cell which contains its genome. This one comes to us from the Latin for “kernel”, itself derived from the root nuc- which means “nut”. The DNA found inside a nucleus is said to be “nuclear” DNA, which does not mean that it is radioactive…. Continue reading
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