Concussions in football and subconcussive impacts both may have long-term consequences for sports players. A player who has suffered a concussion is taken out of the game immediately. One who has a subconcussive impact is generally allowed to continue playing. Concussions in Football A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that occurs when a person suffers a blow to the head or a body impact is so great that the brain jostles back and forth or twists around in the skull. The slamming of the soft brain against the hard skull results in damage to brain cells. After a jolt to the head or body, a person with a concussion will often say they just don’t feel right. There are other symptoms that indicate the person has a concussion. Common symptoms are: It may seem m
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Unless you are an experienced geneticist, you are likely to have some questions about the intricacies of DNA sequencing. In particular, the complex processes of PCR amplification and next generation sequencing. Read on for answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about DNA and the next generation sequencing techniques and modalities that are driving the field of genetics into the future. What is DNA sequencing? As defined by the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health, DNA sequencing is the process of determining the order of the four basic chemical building blocks (or "bases") of the DNA molecule. First modeled by the legendary research team of James Watson, Francis Crick, and J. Rosalind Franklin in the early 1950s, the double heli
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