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	Estrogen-Receptor Binding Mode Raloxifene Jan 21, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Raloxifene is an oral selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) that has estrogenic actions on bone and anti-estrogenic actions on the uterus and breast. It is used in the prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. It was announced on ... [read more]
	PAX3 gene Jan 21, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions The official name of PAX3 gene is “paired box 3". The PAX3 gene belongs to a family of genes that plays a critical role in the formation of tissues and organs during embryonic development. The PAX gene family is also important for maintaining the ... [read more]
	Implications of Embryonic Stem Cells for Cancer Research Jan 20, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions James Alexander Thomson (born December 20, 1958, at Oak Park, Illinois, USA) is an American developmental biologist. He serves as director of regenerative biology at the Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, Wisconsin, and is a professor a ... [read more]
	Anaphylaxis Mechanism of Action Jan 20, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Anaphylaxis is defined as "a serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death".[1] It typically results in a number of symptoms including an itchy rash, throat swelling, and low blood pressure. Common causes include insect bit ... [read more]
	Mechanism of Action of Vancomycin Jan 20, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Vancomycin INN ( /væŋkɵˈmaɪsɨn/) is a glycopeptide antibiotic used in the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It has traditionally been reserved as a drug of "last resort", used only after treatment with othe ... [read more]
	Penicillin Side Effects Animation Jan 20, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions
	The Estrogen Receptor Hormonal Mechanisms Jan 20, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Estrogen receptor refers to a group of receptors which are activated by the hormone 17β-estradiol (estrogen). Two types of estrogen receptor exist: ER which is a member of the nuclear hormone family of intracellular receptors and the estrogen G p ... [read more]
	Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) in Alzheimer's disease Jan 18, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a small secreted protein that is important for the growth, maintenance, and survival of certain target neurons (nerve cells). It also functions as a signaling molecule.[1][2] It is perhaps the prototypical growth fact ... [read more]
	Nicotine Withdrawal Video Jan 18, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions
	Nicotine Receptors in the Brain Jan 18, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Your brain is the key player in nicotine's action. Like a computer, your brain processes, stores and uses information. In a computer, information travels in the form of electricity moving through wires; information transfer is a binary process, w ... [read more]
	How Hormones Work Animation Jan 18, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Hormones are chemicals released by cells that affect cells in other parts of the body. Only a small amount of hormone is required to alter cell metabolism. It is essentially a chemical messenger that transports a signal from one cell to another. ... [read more]
	Haplotypes Animation Jan 18, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Haplotype is a set of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on a single chromatid that are statistically associated. It is thought that these associations, and the identification of a few alleles of a haplotype block, can unambiguously identify ... [read more]
	Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II Jan 18, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Definition Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II, also known as CPT2, is a human gene also known has CPTASE [read more]
	AIDS and the HIV Life Cycle Jan 18, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Aids and HIV Life cycle lecture was given by Dr.Bruce Walker ,He is Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator,and Director for Center for AIDS Research at Harvard University.The lecture starts from HIV structure , various component of HIV vir ... [read more]
	CytoToxic T-Cells Jan 18, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Cytotoxic T-cells is a sub group of T lymphocytes cells that are capable of inducting the death of infected somatic or tumor cells; they kill virus-affected cells, pathogens, and damaged or dysfunctional cells. Most cytotoxic T cells express T-ce ... [read more]
	Embryonic stem cells without an egg or embryo Jan 18, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass., have manipulated mouse fibroblasts and turned them into cells with such developmental elasticity that they appear identical to embryonic stem cells. [read more]
	Action Potential in an unmyelinated axon Jan 18, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions An action potential,depicted as a red band, is propagated in one directional along the axon.During an action potential , the inside of the cell membrane becomes positive with respect to the outside.An action potential generates local current that ... [read more]
	What is Southern Blot Jan 16, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Southern blot is a method routinely used in molecular biology to check for the presence of a DNA sequence in a DNA sample. Southern blotting combines agarose gel electrophoresis for size separation of DNA with methods to transfer the size-separat ... [read more]
	Prozac: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Jan 16, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions This animation shows how Prozac® alleviates depression. It can also be used to illustrate in general how neuron cells communicate with each other and how a neurotransmitter sends a signal from one neuron to another. [read more]
	Action of Epinephrine Jan 10, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Epinephrine is a hormone and neurotransmitter.It is catecholomine, a sympathomimetic monoamine derived from the amino acids phenylalanine and tryosine,Epinephrine is often shortened to epi or to EP in American medical jargon.It is also referred t ... [read more]
	Kinesin Transport Protein Jan 10, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Kinesins are a class of motor proteins found in eukaryotic cells.This protein is coded by KIF1B(Kinesin family member 1B)gene. Kinesins move along microtubule cables powered by the hydrolysis of ATP (thus kinesins are ATPases). The active movemen ... [read more]
	Progeria syndrome Jan 10, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by the dramatic, rapid appearance of aging beginning in childhood. Affected children typically look normal at birth and in early infancy, but then grow more slowly than oth ... [read more]
	WBC Apoptosis Jan 4, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions
	Concussions animation Jan 4, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions Every year, millions of people in the U.S. sustain head and brain injuries. Some are minor because the skull is quite good at protecting the brain. More than half are bad enough that people must go to the hospital. Serious head injuries can lead ... [read more]
	Aneurysms Animation Jan 3, 2012 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Biosolutions A cerebral aneurysm (also known as an intracranial or intracerebral aneurysm) is a weak or thin spot on a blood vessel in the brain that balloons out and fills with blood. The bulging aneurysm can put pressure on a nerve or surrounding brain tis ... [read more]
	Waardenburg syndrome Jan 20, 2009 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Genetic Disorder Waardenburg syndrome is a group of genetic conditions that can cause hearing loss and changes in coloring (pigmentation) of the hair, skin, and eyes. Although most people with Waardenburg syndrome have normal hearing, moderate to profound hearing ... [read more]
	Lynch Syndrome Dec 5, 2008 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Genetic Disorder Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), also known as Lynch syndrome, is characterised by a risk of colorectal cancer and other cancers of the endometrium, ovary, stomach, small intestine, hepatobiliary tract, upper urinary tract, brai ... [read more]
	Mitochondrial Trifunctional Protein Deficiency Dec 4, 2008 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Genetic Disorder Mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency is an autosomal recessive fatty acid oxidation disorder that prevents the body from converting certain fats to energy, particularly during periods without food . People with this disorder have inadeq ... [read more]
	LCHAD Deficiency Dec 4, 2008 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Genetic Disorder Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency is a rare condition that prevents the body from converting certain fats to energy, particularly during periods without food (fasting). Normally, through a process called fatty a ... [read more]
	Alport Syndrome Dec 4, 2008 \| Author: Thomas \| Source: Genetic Disorder Alport syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by glomerulonephritis, endstage kidney disease, and hearing loss. Alport syndrome can also affect the eyes. The presence of blood in the urine (hematuria) is almost always found in this condition. [read more]