Human Microbiome Project will map the genetic sequences of bacterial world hidden in our bodies! If you recall the biology course in the college, the average human being is a collection of about 10 trillion eukaryotic cells – each with a nucleus storing 23 chromosome pairs of nucleic DNA, and a collection of membrane-bound organelles [...]
The second issue of Emerging Cancer Therapeutics focuses on multiple myelomas also known as plasma cell myeloma, Kahler’s Disease and myelomatosis. It is estimated that over 20,000 new cases are diagnosed each year with over 10,000 people dying from these malignancies. Multiple myelomas are highly treatable but rarely curable. Thus it is crucial for the [...]
Extremophile bacteria suggests new possible life systems?! Life (as we know it!) is mostly composed of 6 elements – carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and phosphorus. These six elements make up all the viable organic compounds in the organisms – nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids – the bulk of living matter. In theory it is [...]