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CF is a homozygous recessive condition. This means that it is inherited, ie a child gets the condition by the genetic material passed on to it from its parents. Let's call the faulty allele f (which is al...

Amino acids are coded for by specific codons. There are some instances where some particular amino acids can be coded for by more than one codon (codon being three nucleotides bonded together). This is kn...

pH: All enzymes have an optimum pH value which is very specific. This is because hydrogen ions and hydroxide ions have very significant changes on the tertiary structure of an enzyme, whi...

Once honey is added to an infected cut, the osmotic gradient favours water moving from the bacterial cells to the honey. This is because the water potential is lower in the honey. As a result of the loss ...

(draw/picture of nerve cell with its ion channels and after learning about the action potential trace and how it's derived) After each action potential, see on the trace there's a refractory period where ...