Learn what stem cells are, how potency works, where different stem cells come from, and why research raises ethical questions.
Category - Biology
Akshay Dinesh
Cancer: Mutations, Growth, and Causes
To many of us, cancer is a potentially life-threatening condition. The majority of us are bound to know of people who have suffered or are suffering from cancer – we hope for their speedy recovery. Some of us ourselves...
Viruses: Living or Non-Living
With the COVID-19 pandemic, we have heard a lot of viruses of late. Many are confused – are they living or non-living? Can we kill the COVID-19 virus? This confusion has been around for a long time, and many people are...
Protein Synthesis: How Transcription and Translation Build Proteins
Learn how DNA instructions become mRNA and how ribosomes read codons to build proteins through transcription and translation.
Proteins: What Are They?
We often hear the term “proteins”, and usually use them when talking about food. However, do you know what proteins are? What they are made up of, or what do they do? It is pretty tricky to explain exactly what they...
Carbohydrates: What Are They?
When we talk about carbohydrates, we usually think of food rich in starch – rice, bread, and noodles. Or perhaps, you may have thought about food with a lot of sugar, such as sweets and dessert. Well, you are not wrong...
DNA vs RNA: What Are Genetic Materials
Living things inherit traits from their parents from birth. For us humans, we take after some of our parents’ traits – our eye colour, our skin colour, our height, and many other characteristics. Of course, some...
COVID-19 Vaccines: How They Work and Why Updates Matter
Learn how COVID-19 vaccines train immune memory, why formulas are updated, and how guidance changes as variants and risk change.
