Biology
In this podcast, I learned about a man who survived two nuclear bombs and lived until an old age. Both accounts he was about a mile away. During a nuclear bomb, the gamma rays attack DNA and a mutation occurs. As far as the scientists know, nuclear blasts don't affect offspring. The sperm and eggs apparently are just strong enough to resist the gamma rays. It was interesting because there was a higher expectation of cancer among the offspring. But in reality, the offspring had a normal expectation of cancer.
- Intro To Cancer
Cancer starts as a genetic mutation in a few cells. The mutation can be due to radiation or some genetic problem. The cells then reproduce without stopping. The cancer cells find a place and then continue to reproduce until they create a tumor. The image...
- Plutonium (pu)
Term: plutonium (Pu)Literally meaning: ?pertainingto planet Pluto?Origin: ?????????/Plutonas(=Pluto was the god of underworld, son of Cronus and Rea and brother of Zeus. The earlier word of god was Hades/????)>???????/plutos(=wealth, riches) The...
- Tomography, Tomograph, Tomogram
Term: tomography Literally meaning: ?the process of writing the slices? Origin: Anc Greek????/tome(=section, slice, trunk, stalk) >?????/temno(=cut) -??????/graphia(=-graphy, a combining form denoting something written or represented as...
- Cancer: Types, Causes, Diagnosis And Treatment
CANCER · Cancer is an abnormal and uncontrolled multiplication of cells resulting in the formation of tumor.· Normal cells show a contact inhibition (contact with the other cells inhibits their uncontrolled growth)....
- 2/20/14
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Biology
Double Blasted
In this podcast, I learned about a man who survived two nuclear bombs and lived until an old age. Both accounts he was about a mile away. During a nuclear bomb, the gamma rays attack DNA and a mutation occurs. As far as the scientists know, nuclear blasts don't affect offspring. The sperm and eggs apparently are just strong enough to resist the gamma rays. It was interesting because there was a higher expectation of cancer among the offspring. But in reality, the offspring had a normal expectation of cancer.
- Intro To Cancer
Cancer starts as a genetic mutation in a few cells. The mutation can be due to radiation or some genetic problem. The cells then reproduce without stopping. The cancer cells find a place and then continue to reproduce until they create a tumor. The image...
- Plutonium (pu)
Term: plutonium (Pu)Literally meaning: ?pertainingto planet Pluto?Origin: ?????????/Plutonas(=Pluto was the god of underworld, son of Cronus and Rea and brother of Zeus. The earlier word of god was Hades/????)>???????/plutos(=wealth, riches) The...
- Tomography, Tomograph, Tomogram
Term: tomography Literally meaning: ?the process of writing the slices? Origin: Anc Greek????/tome(=section, slice, trunk, stalk) >?????/temno(=cut) -??????/graphia(=-graphy, a combining form denoting something written or represented as...
- Cancer: Types, Causes, Diagnosis And Treatment
CANCER · Cancer is an abnormal and uncontrolled multiplication of cells resulting in the formation of tumor.· Normal cells show a contact inhibition (contact with the other cells inhibits their uncontrolled growth)....
- 2/20/14
...