How the Black Panther Serum Works
Keywords:
Film, Biology, Gene transfer, Vibranium, Heart shaped herb, Black PantherAbstract
This paper provides context behind how the Black Panther serum seen in both Black Panther movies, provided such enhanced abilities. The Black Panther serum is a heart shaped herb containing a metallic ore called Vibranium. This paper explores the possibility that this metallic ore may have been absorbed into the heart shaped herb, by the same mechanism as cadmium via the apoplast and symplast pathway. Through ionising radiation vibranium then mutated the herbs genome. These mutations in the heart shaped herb are transferred via Eukaryotic gene transfer into Black Panthers genes. These gained mutations which give Black Panther a range of enhanced abilities.
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