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Biological Organisms
Biological Organisms: Living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction, growth, and homeostasis. Organisms are classified by taxonomy into specified groups such as the multicellular animals, plants, and fungi; or unicellular microorganisms such as a protists, bacteria, and archaea. All types of organisms are capable of reproduction, growth and development, maintenance, and some degree of response to stimuli. An organism may be either a prokaryote or a eukaryote. Prokaryotes are represented by two separate domains-bacteria and archaea. Eukaryotic organisms are characterized by the presence of a membrane-bound cell nucleus and contain additional membrane-bound compartments called organelles.
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MAY 26, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
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MAY 26, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells-based therapies may one day repair disorders caused by damaged cells. But those therapeutics must be tested.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Tiny photosynthetic microbes in the world's oceans are thought to produce nearly half of the oxygen we breathe.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2019
Cardiology
Tests exist today that could easily determine if a female were introducing synthetic testosterone into their system in h
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAY 05, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers may have found a way to develop better therapeutics and test for the diseases, which are difficult to diagno
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2019
Microbiology
A parasitic amoeba that causes a gut disease can nibble on host cells and use their proteins. (Image courtesy UC Davis/H
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2019
Plants & Animals
The Southern River Terrapin (Batagur affinis), or more colloquially known as the Royal Turtle, is currently recognized b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Slimy hagfish dwell at the bottom of the sea, scavenging for carcasses and thriving in the depths where little oxygen ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2019
Microbiology
The Hawaiian bobtail squid plays host to bioluminescent bacteria, and researchers learned more about how these creatures
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Some of you who have been dipping into the marijuana research from time to time may have heard the word "terpenes&q
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 22, 2019
Health & Medicine
Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) is a term used to describe every cause of acute-onset of obsessiv
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 21, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A man's best friend is one of the most genetically engineered animals ever. Historically,...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAR 19, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Thousands of genes are needed to generate the machinery that carries out photosynthesis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2019
Microbiology
Some astronauts have lived onboard the International Space Station for hundreds of days. Researchers are learning more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2019
Health & Medicine
Tick-borne diseases have significantly increased in the U.S. in the past few years. In 2016 there were 48,610 repor
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 13, 2019
Health & Medicine
There has been a great deal of media coverage and controversy over the role of diet on disease processes such as autoimm
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 12, 2019
Microbiology
As our understanding of microbial communities grows, scientists are also finding the gaps in our knowledge, and are look
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2019
Microbiology
Swarming behavior has been observed throughout biology; cells, insects, and birds, for example, have all been observed e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Once thought to be passed down from an ancient ancestor, it actually seems that some animals gained regenerative skills
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2019
Health & Medicine
There is a consensus that the first HIV infection occurred in the 1920s in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic o
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 03, 2019
Health & Medicine
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer and elk (cervids) has been rapidly spreading across North America and ha
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAR 02, 2019
Videos
Single-celled microbes are an important part of the world's ecosystems, and they can live in virtually every kind of env
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2019
Immunology
UCLA researchers have identified for the first time the origin of an immune cell that plays a critical role in the forma
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
FEB 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The impressive great white shark has been able to capture the attention of humans and is the subject of endless fascinat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2019
Microbiology
The gut microbiome plays important physiological roles. Now scientists have found that bacteria can secrete nitric oxide
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch