medical uses

Bacteria may be used as living laboratories for synthesising vitamins, hormones and antibiotics by introducing into them the genes which code for these substances along with the plasmid..

A manual of Medical Information reports that the average weight of a new born baby is 7 pounds. As per the data collected from 15 maternity hospitals, the average weight of a newborn was 7.1 pounds and the standard deviation, 0.2 pounds. Use the P-value method, at α = 0.05..

In a medical school a new method of teaching in which professional actors played the roles of patients was introduced. The test scores of male and female students who were taught by either the conventional method or by a new form of training using role-play are shown in the tabl..

Oxygen has varied industrial and scientific uses. Oxygen (or dioxygen) is used in steel making It is also used in oxy-hydrogen and oxy-acetylene welding torches. Oxygen is used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants and in fuel cells. It is use..

X-Rays follow a rectilinear propagation and travel with a velocity of 3 x 10 8 ms - 1 in vacuum. They are not deflected by electric and magnetic field. Since they do not contain any charge but are diffracted by crystals, X-rays cause fluorescence when incident on certain materials such as barium..

Color deficiency is that defect of the eye due to which a person is not able to distinguish between certain colors mainly due to the malfunctioning or absence of a particular cone. It is said that Dalton, was color blind. He was not able to distinguish between primary colors and hence medicalh..

The optical microscopes developed in physics are extensively used in the study of biological samples. Electron microscope, X-rays and radio isotopes are used widely in medical scienc..

(1) It is used for medical diagnosis and therapy and also as a surgical tool. (2) Bats and porpoises use ultrasound for navigation and to locate food in darkness. (3) It is used to detect defective foetus. (4) It is used as a tool in the treatment o..

Applications of Ultrasound - It is used for medical diagnosis and therapy and also as a surgical tool. Bats and porpoises use ultrasound for navigation and to locate food in darkness. It is used to detect defective foetus. It is used as a tool in th..

Bio-piracy - Bio piracy refers to unauthorised and unlawful access to biological secret and use of such secrets for specific gain. In biological research many secrets have been unravelled. Genetic structures of potentially useful organisms, genetic structures of dangerous mutant..