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Chromatin
Chromatin: is a complex of DNA and proteins that forms chromosomes within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells. Chromatin exists in two forms. One form, called euchromatin, is less condensed and can be transcribed. The second form, called heterochromatin, is highly condensed and is typically not transcribed.
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SEP 07, 2017
Microbiology
Our innate immune system has a lot of ways to deal with invading pathogens - macrophages gobble up bacteria, for one. Bu
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
After developing new techniques, researchers find that what we have assumed about DNA organization may be wrong.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used frequently in food packaging, and it has gotten into our bodies. New research could help repla
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2017
Neuroscience
An intricate relationship exists between gene activity and social experience. Looking at mice being challenged by
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 25, 2017
Microbiology
Within the nucleus of each cell are the blueprints for life, DNA, and it has to be carefully organized into chromosomes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2017
Cancer
New work by scientists at Rockefeller University in New York could help young patients suffering from leukemia. They eng
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2017
Microbiology
Wolbachia is an intracellular bacterium that infects many insects. In doing so, it actually alters how insects reproduce
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 20, 2016
Immunology
As part of the immune response, T cells react differently to an acute infection versus a chronic infection, and this dif
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 20, 2016
Microbiology
Using a special type of microscopy, researchers were able to capture changes in the nucleus of nerve cells as they under
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2016
Cardiology
A recent study showed that over eighty thousand gene enhancers are associated with human heart development and function.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 18, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have created a new, fluorescent probe that detects a specific methyl group on histones in living cells. This
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2016
Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) have been inspired by Twitter, a social network that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), opioids, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants are all drugs used to help
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
ATP is a critical molecule. Required by all cells and made by the mitochondria, it’s the energy source for process
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
When the equilibrium of gene regulation is disrupted, whether by random mutation, ultraviolet light exposure, or another
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
If you want to harness the full power of stem cells, all you might need is an eraser. Not an ordinary eraser, of course.
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 18, 2015
Cancer
Cells can adapt to overcome cancer drugs designed to interfere with their genetic controls, according to a study by Canc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Personalized medicine could get a big boost from a new technique that is said to reduce the number of cells needed for e
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Growing up near Springfield, Mass., Laurie Boyer was always interested in science but didn't have many opportunities to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 08, 2014
Neuroscience
When a woman experiences a stressful event early in pregnancy, the risk that her child will develop autism spectrum diso
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 30, 2010
Videos
First the DNA Wrapping is animated. The wrapping allows 6 feet of the long DNA molecule to be densely packed into the ti
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank