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Chromosome
Chromosomes are the microscopic threadlike part of the cell that carries hereditary information in the form of genes. A defining feature of any chromosome is its compactness. For instance, the 46 chromosomes found in human cells have a combined length of 200 nm (1 nm = 10− 9 meter); if the chromosomes were to be unraveled, the genetic material they contain would measure roughly 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) in length.
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JUL 07, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Gender is a known factor in the development of neurological disorders. Now scientists think they know why.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2018
Health & Medicine
While there have been great strides in the fight against HIV infection and AIDS, the problem is not going away anytime s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 03, 2018
Plants & Animals
The repressive structures that plants use to keep genes turned off involves a potential self-destruct switch, a new stud
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 26, 2018
Cancer
An introduction to genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, and metabolomics.
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 20, 2018
Cancer
Plagiochiline A is a molecule that exhibits antiproliferative properties and is cytotoxic. New research outlines the un
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 12, 2018
Cancer
CD44 is a known cell surface protein involved in numerous interactions; it is overexpressed in cancerous tissue and its
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 08, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Updates to a technique that labels genes with fluorescent tags has enabled the simultaneous visualization of over 10,000
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers found that RSC plays an important role in chromosome distribution.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
An emerging field of study, molecular engineering, has many potential applications; where this research will lead is unk
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have now learned more about why cells that have improper numbers of chromosomes, which will help cancer rese
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2018
Cancer
Wilms tumors occur in young children and treatment for lung metastases has included radiotherapy. A Phase III Clinical
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 23, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing rare disorders is often extremely challenging. Now scientists have developed a new tool for that purpose.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can now move beyond the painstaking manipulation of individual genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2018
Cancer
Telomeres are shortened with each cell division except when telomerase is present; cancer cells restore telomerase activ
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 24, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
When most people think about DNA, they think of the familiar double helix shape. But now researchers have found a differ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2018
Cancer
New, non-invasive urine screening test called UroSEEK was developed by Johns Hopkins to detect low grade bladder and uro
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long wondered about the role of junk DNA, vast amounts of repetitive genetic material in our genomes th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to identify both the type of cell and its ancestry, for every cell in an organism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2018
Videos
It is an oversimplification to say that our genes are composed of a fifty-fifty split of our parents' genetic material.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2018
Videos
Astronaut Scott Kelly and his identical twin Mark participated in NASA's twin study to assess what effect space travel h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
It is estimated that 20 percent of Americans and 50 percent of military veterans suffer from sleep problems.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Each of our cells carries over two meters of DNA, which has to be neatly packaged; this process remained mysterious, unt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
The secrets to immortality may lie in an unexpected place - fruit fly stem cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch