Could we cross humans and apes to make a "Humanzees"? Image by Ikiwaner, Wikipedia.
And then were two…
Today students voted out Mariana, Katie and Marcus, leaving just two final scientists in each zone. At 3pm tomorrow we’ll be announcing the winners, so students make sure you vote for who you want to win!
Will it be Susanne or Robert in the Cancer Zone?
Will it be Sam or Callum in the Cells Zone?
Will it be Jo or Adam in the Genes Zone?
Student georgieholiday said: “everyone gave awesome answers, no one should be evicted!”
Highlights from today’s live chats include:
raphael88: didnt they try putting nose cells into paralzyed dogs recently. I remember reading that in the news
callumjohnston: yes they did, The cells from the nose are already nerve cells but hey can keep replicating because they need to be replaced (when you blow ur nose and things they get damaged) so you can put those nerve cells into the spine and they will divide and grow new connections that might help people gain more function in their legs, but its in the very early stages of development so far for humans.
dedwards1: could a symptom of brain cancer be mistaken for a symptom of a mental illness?
marianacampos: I’ve been in a science cafe once that a scientist talked about a case that the localization of the tumor made the person not think too much about their actions, so he would commit crimes without thinking twice. then he was diagnosed with the tumor, and stop doing it. But i think this is a very rare case!
manleyi26: how exactly is the cell able to get rid of RNA polymerase II?
marcuswilson: so the cell recognises that its stuck and adds a specific tag, called ubiquitin, onto it that targets it to be degraded by a big complex of proteases, called the proteasome
In Genes Zone students have also been asking what happened a second before the big bang,
and whether it’s possible to cross humans with apes to make a “Humanzees”.
Cells Zone scientists have been answering the grizzly question does your body rot after death, would it not rot in a vacum chamber or air tight room?
And Cancer Zone scientists have been helping student jackboy1999 understand stem cells.