American Journal of Life Sciences

Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2018

  • Both Chargaff Second Parity Rule and the Strand Symmetry Rule Are Imprecise

    Zhiyu Chen

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2018
    Pages: 1-6
    Received: 07 March 2018
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    Published: 09 March 2018
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    Abstract: In order to check Chargaff Second Parity Rule, we find the strands are asymmetric in human DNA, this breaks the strand symmetry rule. We calculate the ratio between oligonucleotide ATGC and oligonucleotide CGTA, and we compare the sample sequence average ratio ATGC/CGTA and the complementary sequence average ratio ATGC/CGTA. we find evolution degre... Show More
  • A Quantitative Study of Nocodazole’S Effect on HeLa Cells’ Growth Rate and F-actin Structure

    Jiayi Lu, Jorge De La Torre, Carson McCann, Maureen Madar, Qiongqiong Zhou

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2018
    Pages: 7-12
    Received: 07 March 2018
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    Published: 09 March 2018
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    Abstract: HeLa cells were derived from human cervical cancer, which has been widely used as research model to study mammalian cell functions. In this work, nocodazole, a microtubule destabilizer, was used to treat HeLa cells with different concentrations. The results showed that nocodazole was able to inhibit HeLa cell’s growth rate significantly at the conc... Show More
  • Biofield Energy Treated Vitamin D3: Therapeutic Implication on Bone Health Using Osteoblasts Cells

    Mark E. Stutheit, Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Alice Branton, Dahryn Trivedi, Gopal Nayak, Mayank Gangwar, Snehasis Jana

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2018
    Pages: 13-21
    Received: 25 January 2018
    Accepted: 03 February 2018
    Published: 16 March 2018
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    Abstract: Calcium and vitamin D are the main constituents of bone health, while insufficient level leads to various diseases such as osteoporosis causing significant morbidity and mortality. The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of Consciousness Energy Healing based vitamin D3 and DMEM medium on various bone health parameters in MG-63 cells... Show More
  • Regulation of Osteoblastic Differentiation: A Concept Note

    Poonam Kanta, Dheeraj Dumir, Alka Khera

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, February 2018
    Pages: 22-28
    Received: 25 June 2018
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    Published: 26 June 2018
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    Abstract: Bone is endocrine metabolic organ which maintains its integrity through the process of bone remodeling controlled by several local and systemic factors. Any perturbation in the bone remodeling leads to development of osteoporosis which is mostly age related but can be premature as well. Several therapies have come up to treat osteoporosis including... Show More