Introduction We need food to stay alive. Food gives us the energy to work, run and play. In addition, it protects us from diseases, heals our wounds, and keeps us healthy. There are five components of food that are essential and they are carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, and minerals. The ... Read More

Introduction to Lipids The nutrients that are present in the food give us the energy to work, run and play. In addition, protects us from diseases, heals our wounds, and keeps us healthy. There are five components of food that are essential and they are carbohydrates, fats, protein, vitamins, and ... Read More

Introduction The genetic material in most living organisms is in the form of DNA. It is vast in size with numerous nucleotides arranged in long chains. In order to fit into tiny microscopic cells, the genetic material is tightly interwound. It is circular DNA in prokaryotes while it is long-armed ... Read More

Introduction Lice are wingless insects that are nourished by the blood of animals. They mainly infect the scalp and skin of mammals as well as birds. Which gives rise to tremendous itching and leads to rash around the hair lines. Head lice are most common and primarily found in children. ... Read More

Introduction Leprosy is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. It mainly affects the nerves, skin, eyes, and the upper respiratory tract. Another name for leprosy is Hansen’s disease. Gerhard Armauer Hansen discovered Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 and hence the name Hansen’s disease. If it is not treated on ... Read More

Introduction The male reproductive system constitutes different organs with main purpose to produce offsprings so as to continue the species in collaboration with the female reproductive system. A pair of testes, seminal vesicles, the prostate, bulbourethral glands, penis, and a network of excretory ducts or accessory organs constitute the male ... Read More

Introduction Leishmania is a parasite of vertebrates belonging to the genus Leishmania and order Trypanosomatida. These infectious parasites are responsible for the vector-borne disease known as leishmaniasis. This disease is transmitted from one person to another with the help of infected sandflies. Leishmania exists in two forms. One is oval ... Read More

Introduction Human anatomy shows that the lower limb or the leg has two parts- the upper leg and the lower leg. The upper leg consists of the thigh that lies between the hip and the knee. The lower leg consists of the calf region that lies between knee and ankle ... Read More

Introduction Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884) laid the foundation for the development of genetics as we know it today. He performed several monohybrid and dihybrid crosses using seven different qualitative traits of pea plants. What he observed from his rigorous experiments with the pea plant helped deduce the laws of inheritance, ... Read More

Introduction Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884) known as the “Father of Genetics”, was an Austrian monk. In 1856, he published his work titled ‘Experiments on Plant Hybrids’ in a journal and formulated the laws of inheritance. Mendel carefully carried out certain sets of hybridization experiments using different qualitative traits of pea ... Read More