(2005) 274 – 288 www.elsevier.com/locate/ydbio Review Friedrich Miescher and the discovery of DNA Ralf Dahm* Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology‚ Department 3 – Genetics‚ Spemannstr. 35/III‚ D-72076 Tubingen‚ Germany ¨ Received for publication 5 October 2004‚ revised 17 November 2004‚ accepted 20 November 2004 Available online 21 December 2004 Abstract Over the past 60 years‚ DNA has risen from being an obscure molecule with presumed accessory or structural functions inside the
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Pre-Discovery Before the discovery of insulin‚ diabetes was a feared disease that most certainly led to death. Doctors knew that sugar worsened the condition of diabetic patients and that the most effective treatment was to put the patients on very strict diets where sugar intake was kept to a minimum. In 1889‚ the physician Oskar Minkowski‚ in collaboration with Joseph von Mering‚ removed the pancreas from a healthy dog to test its assumed role in digestion. The dog developed diabetes
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TEJADA‚ ANGELICA F. SY1315 The Discovery of the Katipunan On July 5‚ 1896‚ Manuél Sityar‚ a Spanish lieutenant of the guardia civíl stationed at Pasig‚ reported to Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas the mysterious activities of certain Filipinos who had been gathering arms and recruiting men for some unknown purposes. On August 13‚ 1896‚ Fr. Agustín Fernández‚ an Augustinian curate of San Pedro‚ Makati‚ wrote to Don Manuél Luengo‚ Civil Governor of Manila‚ denouncing anti-Spanish meetings
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Function Discovery Quick Reference Sheet by Maxwell Cohen Table of functions used in ENGR 132 Type of equations General form The plot that shows your data as linear Linear y=mx + Linear Standard graph b Y vs. X Exponential X y=bemx ln(y) =mx+ln(b) Y = mx+B semilogy mx y=b10 log(y) =mx+log(b) log(Y) vs. X Logarithmic* x=bemy ln(x) =my+ln(b) X = my+B semilogx my x=b10 log(x) =my+log(b) Y vs. log(X) Power y=bxm ln(y)=m*ln(x)+ln(b) Y = mX+B log-log log(Y) vs. log(X) *logarithmic equations with calculations
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that we have today‚ back in the 1800’s and early 1900’s it wasn’t uncommon for people and children to die from just a minor scratch‚ pinpricks‚ scarlet fever‚ or any minor diseases. Hospitals were full of people with infections spiraling out of control‚ but there wasn’t anything available for them. Our soldiers fighting for our freedom were destined to perish due to gangrene and amputations from battle wounds‚ the conditions were unsanitary and the simple dose of an antibiotic was unheard of. It
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The Discovery of Neptune Neptune was discovered in September 1845. It was discovered by means of mathematics before being seen through a telescope. It began in 1843 when John Adams‚ a young English astronomer and mathematician‚ began working to find thew location of the unknown planet. Adams predicted the planned would be about 1.6 billion kilometres farther from the sun then Uranus. That’s when he completed his work in September 1845. Also Urbain Leverriar‚ unknown to Adams‚ began working
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When someone mentions the 1960’s‚ what do you think about? Do you think about the war in Vietnam‚ the Apollo 11 mission‚ or the Civil Rights movement? If you’ve ever thought about the Civil Right’s Movement; have you thought about whose philosophy was better for the 1960’s‚ was it Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X. During the 1960’s‚ King wanted black’s and white’s to getting along; while Malcolm X wanted black’s and white’s to work separately. I think that Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy was
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1960 Decades For my ISP topic‚ I’ll discuss the major events that happened in nineteen-sixty. The 1960 was upheaval in society‚ fashion‚ attitudes and music. The 1960s introduced a lot of new trends that have carried over to today. It was a time where clothes became ground-breaking‚ with casual accessories and hairstyles but for some people in the United States‚ the 1960s were troubling time. “By the end of Jimmy Carter’s presidency‚ the idealistic dreams of the 1960s were worn down by inflation
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Baltimore Museum of Art: Photography of the 1960’s The exhibit we went to see was a gallery walk. It was an exhibit of pictures and the artists who produced the photos‚ and the meaning of the photos. We enjoyed it because it was particularly interesting how the 1960’s was portrayed through photography. It showed not only white Americans but African-Americans making it easily relatable. It showed hard times‚ fun times and how they made the hard times fun times. The strengths in the exhibit were the
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Jackziel Lopez Period 1 December 1‚ 2014 Paul Newman was the most distinguished twentieth-century finest American actor in his time. 1960’s Popular Bands The Beatles‚ The Beach Boys‚ The Rolling Stones‚ The Doors‚ The Four Tops 1960’s Popular T.V. Shows Batman‚ The Flintstones‚ The Addams Family‚ The Andy Griffith Show‚ The Twilight Zone John F. Kennedy‚ (35th U.S. President)‚ Presidential term: January 20‚ 1961 – November 22‚ 1963 Assassinated: November 22‚ 1963‚ Dallas
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