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Bacteria and disease transmission routes that originate

The nature, severity and development of any infection caused by bacteria, are characteristic of each species. Bacteria: This is called single-celled organism to any class, the genus has morphological varieties and their components can be spherical (cocci), elongated (bacilli), spiral (spirochetes), or comma-shaped (vibrios). Disease that is vaccine-preventable: – Whooping cough: The causative agent is [...]

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Enzymes, biological catalysts

The catalytic properties and specificity of the biocatalysts are essential for the synthesis of a variety of compounds. Biological catalysts enzymesAre specialized proteins in the catalysis of biological reactions, are ranked among the essential biomolecules in cellular metabolism. Because of its specificity and catalytic power; enzymes are superior to chemical catalysts, so research around them [...]

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Biological agents that can be used as weapons

Biological warfare is a disguised method can affect enemy population. Biological weapons can be obtained and spread easily. Biological agents are applied either in liquid or solid, are supplied to food or drink, are vaporized to be inhaled or contaminate by direct contact. – Tularemia as a biological weapon: Francisella tularensis is a bacterium that [...]

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The Ecosophy: ecology and ethics to learn from the Earth

The Ecosophy is a way of living in harmony with the land they inhabit. An interdisciplinary science which teaches us to recognize, respect and care for our “home”. The Ecosophy is a stream of environmentalism but that goes beyond the anthropocentric position of the environmental movement as it incorporates a spiritual dimension and global. This [...]

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Nutritional genomics or nutrigenomics, health and nutrition

Nutrigenomics is the discipline that studies the biological mechanisms between food and genome and influence of foods in the genes. With the new post-genomic era was born nutrigenomics, which analyzes the effects they can have food in the genetic heritage of the people, in order to identify preventive and therapeutic feeding singularly effective. Definition and [...]

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Artemis, the ESA’s 10 years in space

The Artemis held this past July 12, a decade in space, and is a breakthrough for European satellites. Artemis is the satellite transmission of data ESA presents the Advanced Mission Relay and Technology. Satellite is the first constituent of a breakthrough for European space engineering in terms of satellites is concerned, it has technology in [...]

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NASA finds evidence of flowing water on Mars

NASA, according to photographs sent by a spacecraft in orbit around Mars, has announced that it is salt water that flows through surface cracks. The U.S. space agency, NASA, through the website Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, has unveiled what could be astronomical news of the year: the possible existence of water flowing on Mars in [...]

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