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How can you stop a cell culture from becoming contaminated?

Sterilising petri dishes and agar before use. Taping lid of petri dish whilst microbes are glowing. Sterilising innoculating loops before use.Carry out experiment near bunsen burner for updraft. 

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Answered by Iona H. Biology tutor
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How are blood glucose levels controlled in the body?

When there is an excess of glucose in the blood (as there would be after eating a meal), the increase in blood glucose concentration is detected by the beta cells of the islets...

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Answered by Elizabeth T. Biology tutor
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Explain how a vaccination prevents infection.

A vaccine causes white blood cells to produce anitbodies. Antibodies are proteins which kill pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria. If the body is reinfected by the same pathogen as the vaccine then ...

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Answered by Tomas C. Biology tutor
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What is the difference between diffusion and osmosis?

Osmosis is the movement of solvent particles (usually referring to water) from an area of low concentration (i.e. lots of water particles) to and area of high concentration (i.e. less water particles a...

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Answered by Kaat M. Biology tutor
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What are the functions of the Kidneys?

It is the kidneys job to filter the blood and remove waste products.

The kidneys are made of functional units call nephrons of which there around a million per human kidney. In the renal ...

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Answered by Elizabeth A. Biology tutor
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