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Biology
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What is a randomised controlled trial?

Randomised controlled trials are the most important way that new medical therapies (drugs, devices, procedures and so on) are tested.

‘Controlled’ means that volunteers i...

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Answered by Frederick H. Biology tutor
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What causes cancer?

There are lots of different types of cancer which affect different tissues in the body, and two cancers of the same type may not have the same causes. This makes cancer interesting, but also potentiall...

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Answered by Frederick H. Biology tutor
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Explain the principles of PCR

The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a method of DNA amplification in vitro. It consists of 3 stages - denaturation, annealing and extending. PCR relies on the use of a thermophilic Taq polymerase en...

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Answered by David B. Biology tutor
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State the differences between introns and exons.

Introns and exons are parts of genes - exons code for proteins, whereas introns do not, ie: exons are converted into messenger RNA to allow these parts of the gene to then be transcribed into protein. ...

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Explain what is meant by active transport

Avtive transport is the transport of molecules against their concentration gradient (that is, from a low concentration to a high concentration). This mechanism requires energy, and so ATP is used up.

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Answered by Arantxa B. Biology tutor
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