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Antibiotics are drugs prescribed to people to fight bacterial infections. They work in the body to target specific bacteria that are circulating or found withing tissues, but cannot work within cells (...

There are generally three types of enzymes.Amylase (Carbohydrate) enzymes, Pepsin (Protease) enzymes and lipase enzymes.Amylases break down starch in carbohydrates into sugars that can be used by the body...

I always remember mitosis as the process that leads to "genetically identical clones" and meiosis being the process that does not lead to clones but is the process that produces a cell with h...

An enzyme is a type of protein that catalyses reactions that occur in the body. In many cases they are essential in order to allow reactions to occur under physiological conditions. There are many differe...

55% of blood is made up of plasma. This liquid component holds the other component of blood, cells, in suspension and thus is vitally important to their transport. Plasma is also important in transporting...