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DNA technologies
DNA technologies are a broad term used to describe the many advancements allowing for the identification, amplification, and quantification of DNA. DNA techniques are used for a variety of indications, including the diagnosis of disease, uncovering hereditary links, and advancing drug development pipelines.
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FEB 07, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A new rolling DNA-based motor is 1,000 times faster than its competitors, which typically use legs to walk. “Unlik ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 03, 2016Videos
Gene editing is the brave new world of treating diseases and maybe even wiping out genetic disorders. Cas9 is a protein ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Because Mars is a big area of interest right now, especially with NASA and SpaceX wanting to send people to the red plan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 02, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Single-stranded molecules of DNA called “aptamers” have been studied since 1990 for their ability to bind an ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 19, 2016Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
From the Sanger Institute/ EMBL-EBI Single Cell Genomics Centre, scientists say it is now possible to assay both DNA met ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties. But the tiny particles are much more inter ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 11, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi ...DEC 10, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro ...NOV 17, 2015Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 11, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt ...OCT 21, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are the building blocks of the cell through which vital cellular functions are carried out. Remarkably, there a ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A scientific team including the scientist who first harnessed the CRISPR-Cas9 system for mammalian genome editing has re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 23, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome is estimated to contain 20,000 – 25,000 genes which code for the production of proteins our bodie ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A modular system of proteins can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell and then trigger a specific response, such a ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists led by Sweden's Karolinska Institutet (http://ki.se/en/startpage?) has mapped fo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’ ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
For the first time a synthetic DNA vaccine can induce protective immunity against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ( ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 30, 2015Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins researchers think that a common gene mutation triggers the brain damage associated with both amyotrophic l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 20, 2015Genetics & Genomics
By storing information in DNA, large amounts of data can be preserved in a very stable fashion, according to Robert N. G ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Infographics
Humans are human based on our hereditary information, or in other words, our genome.Written By: Jennifer EllisAUG 11, 2015Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2015Cancer
Why does melanoma, which accounts for 2 percent of skin cancer cases, cause almost all skin cancer deaths? Why have mela ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 07, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A new rolling DNA-based motor is 1,000 times faster than its competitors, which typically use legs to walk. “Unlik
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 03, 2016
Videos
Gene editing is the brave new world of treating diseases and maybe even wiping out genetic disorders. Cas9 is a protein
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Because Mars is a big area of interest right now, especially with NASA and SpaceX wanting to send people to the red plan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 02, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Single-stranded molecules of DNA called “aptamers” have been studied since 1990 for their ability to bind an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
From the Sanger Institute/ EMBL-EBI Single Cell Genomics Centre, scientists say it is now possible to assay both DNA met
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties. But the tiny particles are much more inter
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 11, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi
...
DEC 10, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro
...
NOV 17, 2015
Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 11, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt
...
OCT 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins are the building blocks of the cell through which vital cellular functions are carried out. Remarkably, there a
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A scientific team including the scientist who first harnessed the CRISPR-Cas9 system for mammalian genome editing has re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 23, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome is estimated to contain 20,000 – 25,000 genes which code for the production of proteins our bodie
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A modular system of proteins can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell and then trigger a specific response, such a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists led by Sweden's Karolinska Institutet (http://ki.se/en/startpage?) has mapped fo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA’
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time a synthetic DNA vaccine can induce protective immunity against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins researchers think that a common gene mutation triggers the brain damage associated with both amyotrophic l
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 20, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
By storing information in DNA, large amounts of data can be preserved in a very stable fashion, according to Robert N. G
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Infographics
Humans are human based on our hereditary information, or in other words, our genome.
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
AUG 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
It isn't every day that you find a very rare animal out in the wild that experts thought to have gone extinct, which is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2015
Cancer
Why does melanoma, which accounts for 2 percent of skin cancer cases, cause almost all skin cancer deaths? Why have mela
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider