Skip to main content

Home/ NISC Science 10/ Contents contributed and discussions participated by dianeloh

Contents contributed and discussions participated by dianeloh

dianeloh

oxytocin benefits | OxyTrust.com - 0 views

  • Oxytocin is a hormone that helps relax and reduce blood pressure and cortisol levels. Oxytocin increases pain thresholds, has anti anxiety effects, and stimulates various types of positive social interaction. In addition, oxytocin promotes growth and healing.
    • dianeloh
       
      It is also released during and after childbirth! There are so many benefits to oxytocin. 
dianeloh

What are the Risks of Cloning? - 1 views

  • Cloning animals through somatic cell nuclear transfer is simply inefficient. The success rate ranges from 0.1 percent to 3 percent, which means that for every 1000 tries, only one to 30 clones are made. Or you can look at it as 970 to 999 failures in 1000 tries.
    • dianeloh
       
      There is such a high failure rate, resulting in cloning animals. What we hear of in the news are only the few attempts that actually worked, but there are so many cloning experiments that have failed and here are the statistics. 
  • The enucleated egg and the transferred nucleus may not be compatible An egg with a newly transferred nucleus may not begin to divide or develop properly Implantation of the embryo into the surrogate mother might fail The pregnancy itself might fail
    • dianeloh
       
      Reasons for why some cloning experiments have failed.
dianeloh

Epigenetics: How to alter your genes - Telegraph - 0 views

  • We’ve long been told our genes are our destiny. But it’s now thought they can be changed by habit, lifestyle, even finances. What does this mean for our children?
    • dianeloh
       
      But would having the ability to alter our genes be a benefit? What if something were to go wrong? 
dianeloh

Plant Adaptations - 1 views

  • In drier, temperate deciduous forests a thick bark helps to limit moisture evaporation from the tree's trunk. Since this is not a concern in the high humidity of tropical rainforests, most trees have a thin, smooth bark. The smoothness of the bark may also make it difficult for other plants to grow on their surface.
    • dianeloh
       
      All plants adapt a different way. In this website, it describes how many rainforest plants adapt in the environment. But what would happen if the temperature is not dry? 
dianeloh

Dolly the Sheep - 0 views

  • The name "Dolly" came from a suggestion by the stockmen who helped with her birth, in honor of Dolly Parton, because it was a mammary cell that was cloned.
    • dianeloh
       
      How soon do you think until they find a way to clone humans?!
1 - 8 of 8
Showing 20 items per page