Self-tutoring about health: the tutor mentions a discovery about caffeine. My readers likely know that I’m a coffee drinker. Therefore, it was with pleasure that I read this article from the Jerusalem Post suggesting that caffeine can promote DNA repair …
Tutoring biology, terms come up. The tutor mentions plasmid. In cell biology, a plasmid is a section of DNA outside of and independent from the cell’s chromosomes. A plasmid may contain genes not found in the chromosomes of its host. …
Heading into another biology conference, the tutor offers a prelude about DNA vs RNA. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid; RNA indicates ribonucleic acid. Not surprisingly, both types of molecules are classified as nucleic acids. What are they used for, and …