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Communicable diseases are diseases that can be transferred from one person or organism to another, for example colds are spread by airborne droplets and malaria is spread through mosquito bites. Non-communic...

Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration, through a partially permeable membrane.Diffusion is the movement of molecules from an area of hi...

A gene is a small section of DNA which codes for a single protein. DNA is made up of a linear sequence of nucleic acids, which may be either A, T, C or G. Three nucleic acids make up a code for one amino aci...

Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune condition. The body has developed an immune response to the cells of the pancreas that produce insulin. Therefore, insufficient to no insulin is produced. Type 1 diabetes is...

The level of sugar ( glucose ) in the blood is monitored by the pancreas. When blood sugar is too high, the hormone insulin is produced by the pancreas and released into the blood stream. Insulin promotes su...