Homo Sapiens

Selected Genetic Destination: The Rise of Homo sapiens genomicus

Selected genetic destination is a species’, such as Homo sapiens, possessing control of the genetic evolution of a species (other species and their own species) with the use of genetic engineering techniques (Grandy 2010b). Since the completion of the human genome project in 2003 scientists and philosophers have speculated on the possibility of not only curing numerous diseases, but also the po...

In Silico Analysis of Interleukin-2: a Comparative Study between Homo Sapiens and Mus Musculus

Homo sapiens and Mus musculus genomes have the similarity ranges from 70% to 90% with an average of 85%. Interleukin (IL) has 17 different families among which interleukin 2 (IL2) is present in both Homo sapiens and Mus musculus. IL2 activates the receptor named IL2-R which further proliferate lymphocytes such as T-cell and B-cell. IL2 is a glycosylated polypeptide lymphokine. It requires cleav...

Spontaneous narrative behaviour in homo sapiens: how does it benefit to speakers?

Being human is a gut feeling

Some metagenomic studies have suggested that less than 10% of the cells that comprise our bodies are Homo sapiens cells. The remaining 90% are bacterial cells. The description of this so-called human microbiome is of great interest and importance for several reasons. For one, it helps us redefine what a biological individual is. We suggest that a human individual is now best described as a supe...

Early Y chromosome lineages in Africa: the origin and dispersal of Homo sapiens

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION STUDIES ON DUTPASES FOR KINETIC ANALYSIS AND INHIBITOR TESTING Characterisation of Homo sapiens and Mycobacterium tuberculosis dUTPases Ph.D. thesis