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DNA Repair: a collection of processes by which a cell identifies and corrects damage to the DNA molecules that encode its genome.
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MAY 23, 2017Immunology
To treat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), it’ ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 22, 2017Immunology
Three new approaches to anticancer drug therapy were combined in a recent study to simultaneously maximize destruction o ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 12, 2017Videos
As summer approaches, more people will be outside enjoying the beach, a cookout or dip in the pool. It's prime time for ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 06, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 16, 2017Cancer
When researchers used the drug temozolomid in combination with short regimen of radiation therapy in older patients with ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2017Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists has discovered a gene involved in DNA replication that when mutated has profound eff ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 09, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Some malignant tumors found in brain cancer patients or in some types of leukemia have specific mutations in the IDH1 or ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 24, 2017Videos
One of the hottest developments in recent years has been the CRISPR gene editing process. CRISPR stands for "clustered r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 23, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Higher Mutation Rates Found in Stressed E. coliWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an enzyme that is key to helping cells repair DNA after it sustains damage. DNA has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2017Videos
While CRISPR gene editing has dominated the genome craze for the last few years, there's a new next-generation platform ...DEC 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have found more evidence that RNA that does not code for pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2016Cancer
LA JOLLA, CA – November 16, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) de ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 14, 2016Immunology
Enhancing a cancer patient’s own T cells to reduce tumor growth is an up-and-coming cancer therapy that is being u ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 12, 2016Health & Medicine
The adaptive bacterial immune system known as CRISPR has taken biomedicine by storm in the years following its discovery ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 10, 2016Immunology
One small change in the chromosomes of B lymphocytes, and the immune cells cannot proliferate and create antibodies to f ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Formaldehyde is a very common chemical in our natural and indoor environments. It’s often used in the manufacture ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2016Immunology
While scientists know that there is some genetic connection that explains why some people develop psoriasis, little is k ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 04, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Stabilizing the Ultimate Tumor Suppressor p53Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Every cell in our body contains DNA, and that genomic material is critical to our health. One threat to the double stran ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a surprising new characteristic of one of Earth’s most unusual creatures, the water be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have created a new, fluorescent probe that detects a specific methyl group on histones in living cells. This ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2016Microbiology
After performing the first genome wide screen of Apicomplexa, researchers have identified a potential mechanism for the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The exact mechanisms that underlie the aging process are not yet fully understood. SIRT6 is one of only a few genes that ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2017
Immunology
To treat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), it’
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 22, 2017
Immunology
Three new approaches to anticancer drug therapy were combined in a recent study to simultaneously maximize destruction o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 12, 2017
Videos
As summer approaches, more people will be outside enjoying the beach, a cookout or dip in the pool. It's prime time for
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 06, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is frightening on a lot of levels. Extreme weather, rising seas, displacement, extinction of species &nda
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 16, 2017
Cancer
When researchers used the drug temozolomid in combination with short regimen of radiation therapy in older patients with
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists has discovered a gene involved in DNA replication that when mutated has profound eff
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 09, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Some malignant tumors found in brain cancer patients or in some types of leukemia have specific mutations in the IDH1 or
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 24, 2017
Videos
One of the hottest developments in recent years has been the CRISPR gene editing process. CRISPR stands for "clustered r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 23, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Higher Mutation Rates Found in Stressed E. coli
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an enzyme that is key to helping cells repair DNA after it sustains damage. DNA has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2017
Videos
While CRISPR gene editing has dominated the genome craze for the last few years, there's a new next-generation platform
...
DEC 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have found more evidence that RNA that does not code for pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2016
Cancer
LA JOLLA, CA – November 16, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) de
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 14, 2016
Immunology
Enhancing a cancer patient’s own T cells to reduce tumor growth is an up-and-coming cancer therapy that is being u
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
The adaptive bacterial immune system known as CRISPR has taken biomedicine by storm in the years following its discovery
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 10, 2016
Immunology
One small change in the chromosomes of B lymphocytes, and the immune cells cannot proliferate and create antibodies to f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Formaldehyde is a very common chemical in our natural and indoor environments. It’s often used in the manufacture
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2016
Immunology
While scientists know that there is some genetic connection that explains why some people develop psoriasis, little is k
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Stabilizing the Ultimate Tumor Suppressor p53
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Every cell in our body contains DNA, and that genomic material is critical to our health. One threat to the double stran
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have discovered a surprising new characteristic of one of Earth’s most unusual creatures, the water be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
SEP 13, 2016
Microbiology
After performing the first genome wide screen of Apicomplexa, researchers have identified a potential mechanism for the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The exact mechanisms that underlie the aging process are not yet fully understood. SIRT6 is one of only a few genes that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch