Biochemistry Archive

Background: Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of science focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. The milestone discovery of the human genome sequence in early 2000 was the first step in understanding how the instructions coded in DNA lead to ...Read More

GLYCOGEN: Glycogen is the major storage carbohydrate in animals, corresponding to starch in plants; it is a branched polymer of α-D-glucose. It is stored mainly in liver and muscle. Due to more muscle mass, the quantity of glycogen in muscle (250gm) is about 3 ...Read More

The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is an invitro method of DNA amplification that can rapidly clone (amplify) DNA samples as small as a single molecule. If a length of DNA is mixed with the 4 nucleotides (A, T, C and G), and the enzyme ...Read More

Enzymes are the extremely selective biocatalysts synthesized by living cells. Therapeutic enzymes are those enzymes which can be used medically either isolately or adjunctly with other therapies with the purpose of treatment of various diseases safely. Use of these enzymes as drugs for the ...Read More

Introduction, cause, symptoms, diagnosis, misdiagnosis and treatments of CPT I deficiency Definition: CPT I (Carnitine palmitoyltransferase I) deficinecy is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that prevents the body from converting certain fats called long chain fatty acids into energy and is generally associated ...Read More

Causes, effects,  diagnosis, prevention and treatment of hypokalemia Around 95% of the body’s K+ is found inside cells and remaining in the blood. It is essential for several body functions including nerve and muscle activity. It plays an important role in the repolarization of ...Read More