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Dna structure
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is made up of two strands winding around each other to generate a "double helix". The backbone of each individual strand consists of sugar and phosphate groups. Each sugar is attached to a base: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), or thymine (T).
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JUN 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Unlike bacteria, viruses spread through and infect the human body by inserting viral DNA into our own cells, using them
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2016
Immunology
There’s a protein that signals the immune system not to kill certain cells. This action could be preventing autoim
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 28, 2016
Cancer
Not all mutations lead to cancer, but there are some that can cause DNA to scramble beyond recognition, forming massive
...
MAY 17, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Although the genetic code is famous for its double helix and not its quadruple helix, it is known to occur in other form
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 12, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Transcription and translation are two essential life processes for creating proteins, the cornerstone of any Genetics 10
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2016
Immunology
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Kara Marker
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
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...
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Kara Marker
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...
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...
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Immunology
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...
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Kara Marker
APR 04, 2016
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2016
Cancer
When cells migrate, they sometimes have to squeeze themselves through tiny openings. The mechanical stress of this can r
...
MAR 25, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
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Kara Marker
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...
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Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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MAR 10, 2016
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the world of medical surgeries, smaller incisions could often mean less infection risk and faster recovery time. To h
...
MAR 04, 2016
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 28, 2016
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an
...
FEB 17, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have found how a cancer-causing retrovirus RSV brings together an unexpected number of retroviral integrase
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell is intelligently designed. Various membrane-bound organelles (mitochondria, lysosomes, etc) create their own pe
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 01, 2016
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)