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Cloning
Nature & Environment

Cloning

...DNA] The Cloning Debate In a surprise move, the House of Lords decided that controversial stem cell research, involving the cloning of human embryos, can now be allowed in the UK. How was this ruling reached? What is the story behind cloning? The idea of cloning animals was first suggested in 1938 by a German embryologist called Hans Spemann. He proposed what he called a...
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Inheritance of characters
Science, Maths & Technology

Inheritance of characters

...DNA and chromosomes are and how they combine to make the human genome. You will also learn how the principles of inheritance work, the effect that our genetic make-up has on health, and how genetic material is passed on from generation to generation...Genes are units of inheritance that contribute to a person's behaviour and health. In this free course, Inheritance of...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
What is Double Jeopardy?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Double Jeopardy?

...DNA evidence. The ability to match traces at a crime scene to a specific individual has had a huge impact on criminal cases. Some people who were convicted of crimes later had their innocence established by DNA evidence. Other people had been acquitted before DNA evidence, which might prove their guilt, became available. If there was compelling new evidence that they had...
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Could Brexit allow the UK to drop the ban on cloning?
Science, Maths & Technology

Could Brexit allow the UK to drop the ban on cloning?

...DNA from a somatic cell, for instance – it is outlawed. The EU charter’s concerns about people’s mental and physical integrity are not the only supposed justifications for criminalising human cloning. The European parliamentary resolution on human cloning from 1997 says it must be outlawed for being: … contrary to the principle of equality of human beings as it...
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How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?

...DNA binding domains (as found in the bioactive homo-tetramer) attached to the DNA binding site.] A structure of p53 DNA binding domains What Gomez, Alencar and the other Brazilians have in common is a single change in their DNA – a mutation in a gene called p53 that undermines their ability to resist cancer. p53 has turned out to be the most important single gene in...
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Cytoskeleton: The cell city's transport system
Nature & Environment

Cytoskeleton: The cell city's transport system

...DNA is the master plan as to how a cell develops, then proteins are the means by which the plan is implemented. Proteins in cells have something resembling a postcode which ensures that they all end up in the right place and the cytoskeleton plays a role in their delivery. [transport system] Transport system/infrastructure system A city has a framework, or structure,...
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What can Earth tell us about Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can Earth tell us about Mars?

...DNA from the samples Mark brought back from Colour Peak, to look at the whole microbial community, but the salinity and sulfidic nature of the Colour Peak waters affected the effectiveness of the extraction – something weird happened with the chemistry in combination with the low biomass of the microbes in the samples. To improve things, we’re developing novel...
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...DNA evidence finally exonerated Jerry Miller, who had spent 24 years in a prison for a rape he did not commit. His conviction was based on evidence from two eyewitnesses. Their misidentification led to an innocent person being imprisoned for most of their adult life whilst the real perpetrator walked free. Jerry Miller’s case was the 200th case the US Innocence Project...
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