What Is Cancer, Anyway? Cancer is not some foreign invader which has to be cut, burned or poisoned in hopes that it will die before the patient dies. No, cancer is simply a temporoary malfunction in your normal cell division process. Each of has about 75 trillion cells in our body. Virtually all of them replace themselves many times during our lifetimes. How many cells? Well, it's 75,000,000,000,000. That's a lot. They have various life cycles, but in about 7 years, they have all been regenerated. Amazing? I'll say! So, on an average day, about 29 billion cells in your body repl ... Author: Bill Henderson CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Additional Navigation: Genetics: 1 2 3 4 5 Engineering Diseases Genetic Testing DNA Testing 1 Genomes Gene Therapy 1 RNA 1 Chromosomes Cloning 1 2 3 Misc Stem Cells 1 2

Today's Featured Articles: The Shoemaker And The Elves Remember the story of the Shoemaker and The Elves? The shoemaker would go to sleep and the elves would finish any shoes he hadn't gotten around to. Our minds function in much the same way, Our conscious, logical mind is the shoemaker. Our subconscious is the elves. Give your conscious mind a goal, gather all the facts and let the elves do their work. Many of our greatest inventions and discoveries have come after the scientist or researcher had given up and the elves took over. The structure of DNA had baffled researchers for years. Author: John Colanzi CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Canine Hip Dysplasia (CHD) What is Canine Hip Dysplasia? Canine Hip Dysplasia (CHD) is a congenital disease that mainly affects large breed dogs. The word "dysplasia" means improper growth. Hip dysplasia can be described as a faulty or abnormal development of the hip. In CHD, the hip becomes loose and wobbly, eventually leading to a form of arthritis which is commonly referred to Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD). The degree of lameness that occurs is usually dependent upon the extent of arthritic changes in the hip joint. So too do environmental conditions such as amount of physical exercise, and weight gain co ... Author: Ron Swerdfiger CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Want to read more of our articles?  Check out the Archive. Article Archive: Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13