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New Technologies

A Device Printing Human Organs

Have you ever imagined that you could use a printer that instead of printing your homework on a piece of paper it could print a three-dimensional object like a cell phone case or a miniature dog? This has become a reality for the last couple of years with the use of 3D printers that differ […]

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Physiology & Disease

Hemolytic disease of the newborn

Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN) is a type of anemia that occurs when the mother’s immune system attacks and destroys the fetal red blood cells as a result of an incompatibility between the mother’s and the baby’s blood group. Another term used for this condition is Erythroblastosis fetalis, but we will discuss the reason […]

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Physiology & Disease

What is your blood type?

“I am type B. I can’t donate blood for your surgery. We need to find another donor.” Have you ever wondered what it is that determines your blood type or why it’s so important for doctors to know their patient’s blood type before transfusion? Let’s learn as much information as we can. The International Society […]

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Physiology & Disease

The organ systems of the human body

What are the differences between unicellular and multicellular organisms when it comes to their functions? We already know that three of the basic functions of living organisms are survival, growth, and reproduction. In order to survive and grow, a cell needs nutrients and oxygen. Moreover, it needs to get rid of carbon dioxide and waste […]

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Evolutionary Biology

Classification System of Living Organisms

If you look around you, you can see that every object or life form has a name. We always want to give names so that we can communicate with each other about our surroundings. People have tried to classify living organisms since the ancient times. Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, was one of the first that […]

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Cell Biology

Prokaryotic Cells vs Eukaryotic Cells

We learned previously that the cell is the fundamental structural and functional unit of all the organisms that exist on Earth. Not all of the cells are the same, though. They can be categorized into two groups based on their characteristics, as we will analyze further. These two groups are prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells. […]

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Cell Biology

The basic unit of life

What is there in common between a snail and a frog? A fish and a tree or a turtle and your best friend? At first glance, you would answer that they are almost incomparable. They look so much different that you could claim their only similarity is that they are all living organisms on our […]