Psychological research has demonstrated that living in poverty has a wide range of negative effects on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of our nationâs children. Poverty impacts children within their various contexts at home, in school, and in their neighborhoods and communities.
Transformation. Definition. noun, plural: transformations. (1) The act, state or process of changing, such as in form or structure; the conversion from one form to another. (2) (biology) Any change in an organism that alters its general character and mode of life; post-natal biological transformation or metamorphosis. (3) (genetics) The genetic alteration of a bacterial cell resulting from the transfer of foreign DNA.
Transformation is the process in which the genetic makeup of a cell is changed by the introduction of DNA from the surrounding environment. Scientists commonly use the bacteria found in our gut in bacterial transformation experiments. This bacteria is known as Escherichia coli, or E. coli for short. E. coli is one of the most commonly used organisms in scientific experiments. Bacterial cells that are actively growing are most amenable to bacterial transformation. However, they must undergo a series of treatments before they are competent for transformation.