Nucleotides are a class of chemicals in the body with several important functions. These chemicals help form the blueprints of the cell -- DNA. DNA is transcribed, or copied, into a similar code on RNA, which is also made of nucleotides. DNA and...
Each cell in your body contains a number of biomolecules -- organic compounds that make up the structure and carry out the function of your cells. Among these molecules are nucleotides, the components your body uses to make genetic material --...
Nucleic acids are large biomolecules, and include both DNA and RNA. DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is genetic material. RNA, or ribonucleic acid, helps the cells make proteins from DNA. Both types of nucleic acids consist of building blocks called...
DNA, the genetic material that acts as a blueprint for life, is made up of billions of chemicals called nucleotides. The sequence of specific nucleotide bases codes for thousands of genes that in turn allow for the synthesis of thousands of...
Nucleic acids are very large carbon-based molecules that encode genetic information and provide the means by which cells produce functional and structural proteins from that information. You have minimal ability to absorb nucleic acids from the...
HIV, or the human immunodeficiency virus, attacks the immune system and destroys certain immune cells that are vital to fight off infections. As a result, a person infected with HIV is susceptible to other infections, diseases and complications....
The completion of the Human Genome Project has enabled the development of diet plans based on the genetics of an individual. A genetic diet is not a specific diet; rather, it is a type of diet that uses an individual’s unique genetic...
The Food Network named umami one of the top 10 food trends of 2010, reports Canada's newspaper The Globe and Mail. Umami is sometimes called the fifth flavor because it's as distinctive a taste as sweet, salty, bitter and sour. The taste is hard...
Gaining weight is the result of two primary factors --- eating too many calories and not exercising enough to burn them off. However, other factors can contribute to your being overweight or obese, conditions that affect 68 percent of Americans...
Nucleic acids are large biomolecules that encode genetic information and help to produce functional and structural proteins from that information. They include the familiar DNA and the less familiar but related molecule, RNA. Nucleic acids are...
All of the protein in the human body are made up of 20 subunits called amino acids. The sequence of these amino acids determines the shape, structure an function of the protein molecule. In protein synthesis, amino acids are bound together by...
The human immunodeficiency virus infection cripples the immune system of the body, leading to the development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put the number of people living with...
Nucleic acids are critical to life; they form your genetic material and the structural and functional elements of cells that produce proteins from genetic material. Many people feel that because they're essential to life, you need to obtain them...
Nucleic acids are large biomolecules that encode genetic information and turn that information into functional proteins. They include DNA and the related RNA. You may think that you need to eat foods to obtain nucleic acids or their building...
The goals of treatment for HIV-infected children are to maximally suppress the viral load, prevent destruction of the immune system and decrease the development of resistant HIV strains. The Working Group on Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical...
The HIV virus that causes AIDS is a retrovirus, an RNA virus that uses the cell's machinery to transcribe itself into DNA and integrate itself into the genetic material of the cell before creating more RNA viral particles to send out and infect...
Ultraviolet, or UV light emitted from the sun affects cells differently depending on the type of cell. Well known is the damage to human cells that can result from prolonged exposure to UV light. Anyone treating a sunburn after a long day outside...
It is well known and accepted that dietary habits can affect your health and risk for disease. Researchers are learning more about the link between diet and disease by examining the effect your diet can have on the structure of cellular...
According to MedlinePlus, cholesterol is a waxy, fatlike substance present in almost all cells of the body and required for proper bodily function. Too much cholesterol, however, can clog arteries with plaque and increase the risk of developing...
Anabolic Xtreme markets Superdrol-NG as a dietary supplement. Superdrol-NG contains a variety of chemicals and extracts designed to build muscles, as well as enhance reproduction potential by raising testosterone levels. This product targets male...
Restriction enzymes are "molecular scissors" that cut DNA. Bacteria make restriction enzymes to protect themselves from viruses: by cutting up the virus DNA, they restrict the virus's ability to harm them. Each restriction enzyme cuts DNA only at...
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, HIV. HIV infects many cells of the immune system resulting in decreased immune responses to infections and cancers. The Joint United Nations Programme on...
Bipolar disorder, a mood swing of mania and depression, affects over 10 million people in the United States with an equal prevalence rate in both men and women, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI. Two types of bipolar...
Human immunodefiency virus infection has no cure. However, the anti-HIV (antiretroviral) drugs that are prescribed to treat this infection can prolong the life of an infected individual by decades. The U.S. Department of Health recommends anti-HIV...
Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is a devastating diagnosis. Over time, this infection progresses to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. AIDS destroys the immune system, and the body cannot protect itself from invading...
Antiretroviral drugs target human immunodeficiency virus 1 to slow the progression of the HIV to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. As of 2010, the World Health Organization estimates that among the 33.4 million people living with...
Treatments for AIDS are an alphabet soup of drug names and drug families. Since the goal of treatment is to reduce the viral load as much as possible, effective treatment requires arresting multiple phases of viral activity. Some drugs prevent...
The human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, infects many cells of the immune system eventually leading to the development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. There is no cure for AIDS; however anti-retroviral treatment markedly reduces the...
Nucleic acids are the compounds that make up nucleotide bases, the molecules that bind together to form DNA. Your genome, the collective term for all of your DNA, is made up of billions of nucleotide bases, creating specific sequences that code...
