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Type 1 diabetes has an early onset and is linked with genetic factors. Type 2 diabetes can develop later on in life and is linked with lifestyle facts such as diet and exercise.

DNA replication is semi-conservative; new DNA molecule is composed of 1 old strand of DNA and 1 new strand .Many enzymes are involved in this process. The action of these can be combined into a 7 step pro...

First, the phagocyte (a specialised type of white blood cell) will recognise the pathogen by a process called chemoattraction -- this is essentially where the phagocyte 'follows' a chemic...

Because the deletion mutation would cause a frame shift in the DNA base sequence and hence would lead to the formation of new base triplets. As a result, the primary structure of the enzyme would be diffe...

Water molecules move down their concentration gradient, across the partially permeable cell membrane, from a high concentration to a low concentration. Osmosis continues until the concentration of water m...