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Types of Immune Cells | Their Role in Body Defense

There are different types of immune cells in the body like Lymphocytes Monocytes and macrophages Basophils Neutrophils Eosinophils The cells of the immune system attack the disease-causing agents like microorganisms, parasites and prevent infections. Some of the cells work by neutralization of foreign material. While others eat and destroy the disease-causing microbes. But few of […]

Single Celled Organisms | A List with Examples including Few Parasites

Single Celled Parasite-taxoplasma parasite

An organism is one which lives an independent life. Single cell organisms are quite interesting in that with a single cell, they perform the entire activities. There are some billions of cells in human body which make up tissues and further organs to function. In a single cell organism, the cell is so designed to […]

10 Examples of Innate Immunity | Their Composition and Action

Innate immunity is a part of immune system which exists from birth of an individual. It is also called as natural immunity as it is a basic method of defense. This is first line of defense against any microbial attacks to the baby. This natural immunity is essential for the survival of the tender infant […]

Sterilization Validation | Protocol and Process

Sterilization aims to destroy all the viable forms of microbes. This process is done on routine basis in industry for many products. So to check the efficiency and effectiveness of sterilization, some probes are used to verify it. This is called validation of sterilization. This is done for all methods of sterilization. However, there are […]

Steam Sterilization | Its Principle and Process Using Autoclave

Steam sterilization is one of the widely used and dependable methods of sterilization. It is fast, inexpensive and applicable to wide range of products. Sterilization is a process of removal of all the viable forms of organisms from a substance. This mostly is meant to eradicate any living microorganisms in drug formulations, food materials, cosmetics […]

Elisa and Ria| Similarities & Differences between techniques

ELISA and RIA are two different types of immunoassays used in research and diagnosis. Their principle is similar but their methods of detection and analysis are different. ELISA is a methods where in color is produced out of an immune reaction and the color is estimated for qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis. While RIA is […]

ELISA and Western blot | 5 Similarities & 12 Differences

ELISA (ENZYME LINKED IMMUNO SORBITANT ASSAY) and Western blot are both immuno assays. They rely on use of antigens and antibodies in the reaction. Both these experiments are analytical in nature and used to detect bio-molecules like proteins, enzymes or other pathogens. They are widely used in molecular biology, medical research and also in health […]

How do Bacteria Reproduce? Rapidly & Quickly

Bacteria are the immortal organisms on the earth. They reproduce instead of being dead. They reproduce very fast that, a colony of bacteria will double in just half an hour. Hence they can perform many duties on the earth like scavenging the dead and waste. In fermenting the molasses and rapid yield in biotechnology etc. […]

12 Distinguishing Characteristics of Bacteria

Bacteria are the microorganisms on the earth with unique features. The external and internal characteristics of bacteria are a bit different from the rest of the organisms on the earth. They are prokaryotic in nature meaning they are the earliest forms of the cell without a nucleus. These characters make them immortal, omnipresent and also […]

Bacterial cell wall | Its Structure and Function

The bacteria cell wall is an important structure which is rigid and non living envelop around the cell. It is present just above the cell membrane and gives a specific shaped to the cell. Because of this cell wall, bacteria can survive harshest environmental conditions like the drought, heat, chemical exposure, pressure, etc. If the […]

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