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Biological immortality — refers to a stable rate of mortality as a function of chronological age. Some individual cells and entire organisms in some species achieve this state either throughout their existence or after living long enough. This requires that death occur… … Wikipedia
Biological pest control — Biological control of pests in agriculture is a method of controlling pests (including insects, mites, weeds and plant diseases) that relies on predation, parasitism, herbivory, or other natural mechanisms. It can be an important component of… … Wikipedia
Biological database — Biological databases are libraries of life sciences information, collected from scientific experiments, published literature, high throughput experiment technology, and computational analyses. They contain information from research areas… … Wikipedia
Biological determinism — Biological determinism, also called genetic determinism, is the hypothesis that biological factors such as an organism s individual genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) completely determine how a system behaves or changes over… … Wikipedia
Biological hydrogen production — is done in a bioreactor based on the production of hydrogen by algae. Algae produce hydrogen under certain conditions. In the late 1990s it was discovered that if algaeclarifyme are deprived of sulfur they will switch from the production of… … Wikipedia
Biological response modifiers — Biological response modifers, also known as BRM s, are substances that the human body produces naturally, as well as something that scientists can create in a lab. These substances arouse the body s response to an infection. Some of these are… … Wikipedia
Biological patent — A biological patent is a patent relating to an invention or discovery in biology.HistoryThe 1970’s marked the first time when scientists patented methods on their biotechnological inventions with recombinant DNA. It wasn’t until 1980 that patents … Wikipedia
Biological system — An example of a system: The nervous system. This basic diagram shows that this system is made up of 4 different basic organs: the brain, the cerebellum, the spinal cord, and the nerves. In biology, a biological system (or organ system or body… … Wikipedia
Biological transmutation — A biological transmutation is defined as a nuclear transmutation occurring in living organisms.ObservationBy definition, chemical reactions rearrange the bindings of atoms, but do not change the number of protons or neutrons in the nucleus of… … Wikipedia
Biological warfare — For the use of biological agents by terrorists, see bioterrorism. Weapons of mass destruction … Wikipedia
biological weapon — Introduction also called germ weapon any of a number of disease producing agents such as bacteria, viruses (virus), rickettsiae (rickettsia), fungi (fungus), toxins (toxin), or other biological agents that may be utilized as weapons… … Universalium
