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The initial stage of mitosis is known as prophase. In early prophase, the nuclear membrane breaks down and the nucleolus disappears. The chromatin condenses into a doubled armed chromosome- comprised of t...

Vaccinations introduce the human immune system to pathogenic antibodies in a safe way. This could be in the form of the dead pathogen, a genetically engineered version or the lone antibody. The antibody a...

Firstly the adaptive immune response is the antigen specific response the body uses against free antigens or infected cells. It relies on the highly specialised lymphocytes, T-cells and B-cells, which are...

Definition: an oncogenes is a gene, whose altered expression, over-expression, amplification and the presence of mutation lead to tumors arising.These most often are part of intracellular signalling pathw...

Oxidative Phosphorylation:The inner membrane of the double mitochondria membrane has electron transport carriers protein complexes on it which make up the electron transport chain.The NADH...