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• Brain Tumor
  Lung Cancer
  Cancer
  Ovarian Cancer
  Leukemia
  Colon Cancer
   

  Tumor

  Tumor (American English) or tumour (British English) originally means "swelling", and is sometimes still used with that meaning. Tumor meaning swelling is one of the five classical characteristics of ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Microbes and More
  Microbiology
  Sports Medicine
  Bacteria
   
  

  Microorganism

  A microorganism (also spelled as microrganism) or microbe is an organism that is microscopic (too small to be seen by the human eye). The study of microorganisms is called microbiology. ... > more
• Rodents
  Animals
  Mammals
  Early Mammals
  Mice
  Evolution
   
  

  Rodent

  Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously-growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing. Forty-percent of mammal ... > more
• Genes
  Genetics
  Evolutionary Biology
  Gene Therapy
  Human Biology
  Cystic Fibrosis
   

  Mutation

  In biology, mutations are changes to the genetic material (usually DNA or RNA). Mutations can be caused by copying errors in the genetic material during cell division and by exposure to radiation, ... > more
• Nervous System
  Neuroscience
  Perception
  Psychology Research
  Healthy Aging
  Developmental Biology
   

  Olfaction

  Olfaction, the sense of odor (smell), is the detection of chemicals dissolved in air (or in water, by animals that live under water). In vertebrates smells are sensed by the olfactory epithelium ... > more
• Ozone Holes
  Environmental Issues
  Atmosphere
  Air Quality
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
   
  

  Ozone layer

  The ozone layer is the part of the Earth's atmosphere which contains relatively high concentrations of ozone (O3). "Relatively high" means a few parts per million - much higher than the ... > more
• Genetically Modified
  Biotechnology
  Genes
  Biochemistry Research
  Gene Therapy
  Genetics
   
  

  Genetically modified organism

  A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using techniques in genetics generally known as recombinant DNA technology. Recombinant DNA technology is ... > more
• Genes
  Biochemistry Research
  Human Biology
  Cell Biology
  Genetics
  Molecular Biology
   
  

  RNA

  Ribonucleic acid or RNA is a nucleic acid polymer consisting of nucleotide monomers that plays several important roles in the processes that translate genetic information from deoxyribonucleic acid ... > more
• Cloning
  Healthy Aging
  Human Biology
  Epigenetics Research
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Epigenetics
   

  Human cloning

  Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of an existing, or previously existing, human being or growing cloned tissue from that individual. The term is generally used to refer to ... > more
• Genes
  Human Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Healthy Aging
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
   
  

  Telomere

  A telomere is a region of highly repetitive DNA at the end of a linear chromosome that functions as a disposable buffer. Every time linear chromosomes are replicated during late S phase, the DNA ... > more

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