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Cell Culture
Cell Culture: the process by which cells are grown under controlled conditions, generally outside of their natural environment. Cell culture conditions can vary for each cell type, but artificial environments consist of a suitable vessel with substrate or medium that supplies the essential nutrients (amino acids, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals), growth factors, hormones, and gases (CO2, O2), and regulates the physio-chemical environment.
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AUG 24, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Some rare genetic disorders impair a critical molecule that has to be replaced, or serious disease or disability will oc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, it’s often not the primary tumor that has fatal consequences ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 19, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Since Shinya Yamanaka developed a method to create stem cells from regular adult skin cells using genetic reprogramming ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
We've learned a lot about the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, in the past year and a half. Researchers know the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now learned more about a burial site unearthed at Suontaka in Finland in 1968 that contained two swords, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
To study biology, researchers need models. Once those models might have been a bit limited to organisms like rats or mic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Wounds are an ideal environment for microorganisms to thrive. Their presence can easily overwhelm immune defenses at the ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 19, 2021Microbiology
Viral infections are difficult to treat - antibiotics only work against bacteria - and there are few effective antibodie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our environment is full of DNA molecules. While researchers have become concerned about DNA waste material that's ac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The more we learn abut the gut microbiome, the more it seems that the microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher likelihood myeloid leukemia occurring in the first five years of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been investigating whether silent mutations have a biological impact. We know that proteins are made of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers from France have found that astrocytes do more than support neurons in the central nervous system. They foun ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 04, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder that mostly affects girls; affected individuals develop normally until they're ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers led by the University of California have found important neurological differences between human and mouse br ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Though originally thought of as strictly a waste disposal system, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been shown to have m ...JUN 21, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Most people think of viruses as nasty pathogens that can infect cells. Though it's taken time and testing, researche ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2021Microbiology
Escherichia coli bacteria are known to live in the gut, and they can also sicken people if they contaminate food that ge ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Archeological digs have told us a lot about human history, but genetic tools have been able to fill in some of the gaps ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2021Cancer
A new study finds cultured cancer cells lack genetic similarity to humans. This is concerning because cancer cell lines ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 14, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell Metabolism, an international team of researchers has suggested that COVID-19 has caused diabetes in so ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2021Microbiology
Since researchers were able to use genetic technologies to reveal how important the gut microbiome is to human health, t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The body needs fatty acts for a variety of functions, and the health benefits of taking fatty acid supplements have long ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Some rare genetic disorders impair a critical molecule that has to be replaced, or serious disease or disability will oc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, it’s often not the primary tumor that has fatal consequences
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 19, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Since Shinya Yamanaka developed a method to create stem cells from regular adult skin cells using genetic reprogramming
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
We've learned a lot about the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, in the past year and a half. Researchers know the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now learned more about a burial site unearthed at Suontaka in Finland in 1968 that contained two swords,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
To study biology, researchers need models. Once those models might have been a bit limited to organisms like rats or mic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Wounds are an ideal environment for microorganisms to thrive. Their presence can easily overwhelm immune defenses at the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 19, 2021
Microbiology
Viral infections are difficult to treat - antibiotics only work against bacteria - and there are few effective antibodie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our environment is full of DNA molecules. While researchers have become concerned about DNA waste material that's ac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The more we learn abut the gut microbiome, the more it seems that the microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher likelihood myeloid leukemia occurring in the first five years of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been investigating whether silent mutations have a biological impact. We know that proteins are made of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from France have found that astrocytes do more than support neurons in the central nervous system. They foun
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 04, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Rett syndrome is a neurological disorder that mostly affects girls; affected individuals develop normally until they're
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers led by the University of California have found important neurological differences between human and mouse br
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Though originally thought of as strictly a waste disposal system, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been shown to have m
...
JUN 21, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Most people think of viruses as nasty pathogens that can infect cells. Though it's taken time and testing, researche
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2021
Microbiology
Escherichia coli bacteria are known to live in the gut, and they can also sicken people if they contaminate food that ge
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Archeological digs have told us a lot about human history, but genetic tools have been able to fill in some of the gaps
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2021
Cancer
A new study finds cultured cancer cells lack genetic similarity to humans. This is concerning because cancer cell lines
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 14, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell Metabolism, an international team of researchers has suggested that COVID-19 has caused diabetes in so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2021
Microbiology
Since researchers were able to use genetic technologies to reveal how important the gut microbiome is to human health, t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The body needs fatty acts for a variety of functions, and the health benefits of taking fatty acid supplements have long
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch