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Biochemistry
Biochemistry: the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. By controlling information flow through biochemical signaling and the flow of chemical energy through metabolism, biochemical processes give rise to the complexity of life.
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JAN 23, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been studying this compound as a potential treatment for a rare neurological disorder, but it could appl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2025Microbiology
While studies have associated Morganella morganii and major depressive disorder before, this study deciphers how they ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The expression of genes has to be carefully regulated in cells; active genes give cells their identity and ability to fu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Cyanobacteria are single celled microbes that can photosynthesize, and they helped generate Earth's atmosphere to make c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2025Earth & The Environment
Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scient ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Some tenacious microbes can be very difficult to eliminate once they form biofilms, which are microbial communities that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Some missense mutations are known to cause disease. But what about the thousands of other missense mutations that have u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a method to direct stem cells to form specific structures. By triggering the expression of sp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a serious and usually fatal neurodegenerative disorder in which motor neurons det ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
RNA in cells performs an astounding number of functions. Messenger RNA carries the sequences of active genes to the cell ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The active genes in the body have to be copied, or transcribed into RNA molecules, which are then processed in a variety ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2024Microbiology
Organic molecules have a property known as chirality, in which the structure can be either 'right-handed'; or 'left-hand ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2024Microbiology
Could getting a vaccine one day be as simple as applying an inexpensive skin cream? New research reported in Nature has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The widespread production and use of plastics began around the 1950s, but the production of plastics has also increased ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists believe that Alzheimer's disease develops over decades, but it is usually not diagnosed until well after ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Sometimes pain is a necessary warning signal; for example, if we touch something very hot and it burns, we know to move ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2024Earth & The Environment
Glyphosate-based herbicides are among the most commonly applied herbicides in the world. Glyphosate takes aim at a plant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
A wide variety of research studies using different models have shown that dietary restriction can delay the onset of agi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 13, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The trillions of microbial cells in our gastrointestinal tract have their own genomes and metabolic products, many of wh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2024Microbiology
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Image © S. Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology shows a newly found endosymbiontWritten By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The expression of genes has to be very carefully controlled by cells; serious problems can arise when genes are expresse ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The human genome is a molecule in action; the strands separate when they are being copied for cell division; DNA has to ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been studying this compound as a potential treatment for a rare neurological disorder, but it could appl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2025
Microbiology
While studies have associated Morganella morganii and major depressive disorder before, this study deciphers how they ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The expression of genes has to be carefully regulated in cells; active genes give cells their identity and ability to fu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cyanobacteria are single celled microbes that can photosynthesize, and they helped generate Earth's atmosphere to make c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Some fungi have been very helpful to humans, like the ascomycetous fungi that generate the antibiotic penicillin. Scient
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some tenacious microbes can be very difficult to eliminate once they form biofilms, which are microbial communities that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Some missense mutations are known to cause disease. But what about the thousands of other missense mutations that have u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a method to direct stem cells to form specific structures. By triggering the expression of sp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a serious and usually fatal neurodegenerative disorder in which motor neurons det
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
RNA in cells performs an astounding number of functions. Messenger RNA carries the sequences of active genes to the cell
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The active genes in the body have to be copied, or transcribed into RNA molecules, which are then processed in a variety
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2024
Microbiology
Organic molecules have a property known as chirality, in which the structure can be either 'right-handed'; or 'left-hand
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2024
Microbiology
Could getting a vaccine one day be as simple as applying an inexpensive skin cream? New research reported in Nature has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The widespread production and use of plastics began around the 1950s, but the production of plastics has also increased
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists believe that Alzheimer's disease develops over decades, but it is usually not diagnosed until well after
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Sometimes pain is a necessary warning signal; for example, if we touch something very hot and it burns, we know to move
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Glyphosate-based herbicides are among the most commonly applied herbicides in the world. Glyphosate takes aim at a plant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A wide variety of research studies using different models have shown that dietary restriction can delay the onset of agi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The trillions of microbial cells in our gastrointestinal tract have their own genomes and metabolic products, many of wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2024
Microbiology
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Image © S. Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology shows a newly found endosymbiont
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The expression of genes has to be very carefully controlled by cells; serious problems can arise when genes are expresse
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome is a molecule in action; the strands separate when they are being copied for cell division; DNA has to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch