Essays on Biology

Hydrastis Canadensis is the Botanical name of the Goldenseal also known as Orangeroot orYellow Paccoon. Goldenseal is a small perennial (long-life) herb belonging to the Buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, though its leaves and fruit somewhat resemble those of the Raspberry and the Rubus genus generally. Made-to-order...

A stem cell transplant is a treatment for some types of cancer. For example in the case if person might have leukemia, multiple myeloma, or some types of lymphoma. It also treat some blood diseases with stem cell transplants. During those day, patients who needed...

Introduction The concept of “survival of the fittest” is intrinsically tied to the theory of evolution through natural selection, a groundbreaking idea put forth by Charles Darwin in 1858. This theory sought to explain how adaptation and variation occur within species and organisms. Natural selection...

Mosquitoes belonged to the family of nematocerid flies which was the Culicidae (from the Latin culex, genitive culicis, meaning “midge” or “gnat”). Female mosquito was responsible to carry the vector that leads to the disease spread. There were 3000 species of mosquitoes but there were...

Pat Barker’s Regeneration Trilogy is a series of novels that explore various marginalized subjects in WWI-era Britain. Originally set in a mental hospital, she is particularly interested in exploring concepts of madness – how a society decides what constitutes madness and how the mad are...

Within the novel Regeneration, there is a strong emphasis on the relationships presented between men, with Barker emphasising the idea of ambiguity between conflicting (or coexisting) feelings of camaraderie and romance. In this way, there is a thin line between ‘the right kind of love’...

Both Regeneration and Private Peaceful are set in the First World War, and are strongly shaped by time and memory. Private Peaceful shadows young Private Tommo Peaceful and his older brother Charlie, and is told in a simple yet eloquent style. It follows the brothers...

Masculinity is often portrayed through the lens of strength and protection, where a man’s role is to safeguard his family and nation. However, both ‘Regeneration’ and ‘How Many Miles to Basra?’ challenge traditional notions of masculinity, arguing that warfare distorts this ideal and leads to...