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It can be easily assumed that almost all of us have heard of Botox- the “enhancement” that celebrities are getting so rapidly as if it were from a grocery store. Well, it does not come from a grocery store but rather from the toxins of a bacteria called Clostridium botulinum, and its history is quite […]
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Bioluminescence can be defined as the production and the emission of light by a living organism. It is one of the natural phenomena that have successfully amazed our species for ages -so much that this amazement has even led to mythological stories from the ancient times about glowing scary creatures in the depths of the
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‘Chaperone’ Definition Termin ‘chaperones’ refers to the unique group of proteins that play a crucial role in our organisms. Their main activity is linked to the controlling folding processes of the other proteins after the translation on ribosomes. It is possible to consider chaperones as a type of enzymes, which is another group of proteins,
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In 1551, phantom pain was first described by Ambroise Paré. Paré was a surgeon in the French army, and he was reported to have amputated as many as 200 limbs in a day [1]. In his experience with soldiers following amputations, he wrote, For patients, long after the amputation is made, say they still feel
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Biosensors are analytical devices that measure biological and chemical reactions by generating signals proportioned to the concentration of the analyte in the reaction. They consist of a bioreceptor that can detect a specific biological (or chemical) element and a transducer that converts the energy form through a process known as ‘signalisation’. Biosensors are commonly used
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