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Online Biology PhD As Nature Intended
Biology is nature in scientific speak. Those of you who are certified and practicing biologists such as educators, researchers or market leaders in a variety of fields, have almost certainly considered some furtherance in your academic qualifications. Perhaps you have toyed with the notion of participating in a doctorate program. Even so, the thought of shuttling between work location and lecture halls have popped your dream bubble. Fear not, you can now contemplate the alternative of getting an online biology PhD certification. Several universities have joined the bandwagon in offering on-line courses as they realize full-time working people will rarely take into account the concept of pursuing doctorate programs in biology even though they have the essential qualifications and work encounter. Time is constantly short, and so is cash. In order … Read entire article »
Filed under: Experimental Biology
Polio Vaccine
Currently there are two polio vaccines that are in use throughout the world to fight against polio. Jonas Salk, the man who invented the 1st, began his work on a vaccine in 1955. The vaccine worked in two actions: first a dose of killed polio virus is injected, and then an oral polio vaccine must be taken which contains a live but a lot weakened form of the virus. This vaccine was very first tested in 1957 on humans, and was later liscensed in 1962. Now the Swine flu, (H1N1) is a class 2 carcinogen. It has been demonstrated that the SV40 is one of the activators of HIV-AIDS virus and causes lung and brain cancer. Now when you combine this H1N1 (Swine flu) vaccine that is being orchestrated by the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Society Experimental Biology
Cetacean bycatch – Multiservice Multiplexer manufacturer – Optical Ethernet Switch
Bycatch is increasing A Dall’s Porpoise caught in a fishing net Most of the world cetacean bycatch occurs in gillnet fisheries. The mean annual bycatch in the U.S. alone from 19901999 was 6,215 marine mammals, with dolphins and porpoises being the primary cetaceans caught in gillnets. A study by Read et al. estimated global bycatch through observation of U.S. fisheries and came to the conclusion that an annual estimate of 653,365 marine mammals, comprising 307,753 cetaceans and 345,611 pinnipeds were caught from 19901994. While gillnets are a principal concern, other types of nets also pose a problem: trawl nets, purse seines, beach seines, longline gear, and driftnets. Driftnets are known for high rates of bycatch and they affect all cetaceans and other marine species. They are fatal for small toothed whales (Odontocetes) and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Experimental Biology Conference