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DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses. DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are nucleic acids; alongside proteins, lipids and complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides), they are one of the four major types of macromolecules that are essential for all known forms of life. Most DNA molecules consist of two biopolymer strands coiled around each other to form a double helix.
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JUN 22, 2022Microbiology
Our bodies contain huge numbers of microbes - inside and out. We even have face mites. New research has shown that the m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2022Microbiology
Scientists have long sought to understand how Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacterium that causes plague, evolved int ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
When parents mate and produce offspring, their genomes recombine, shuffling the genetic information within. But supergen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Humans carry 46 chromosomes. We get one from each parent, making 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes, and one pair of sex ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2022Cancer
The results of a Clinical Trial for rectal cancer patients published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine co ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUN 12, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Genes hold the recipe for proteins, which are made of amino acids. DNA only has four letters, or nucleotides, and each s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2022Genetics & Genomics
It's estimated that over 262 million people around the world have asthma, a chronic conditionWritten By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2022Cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a very aggressive pancreatic cancer with limited treatment options. PDA ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUN 07, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Labroots hosted its 6th Annual Laboratory Automation Virtual Event on May 18, 2022. The speaker roster for this free con ...Written By: Kerry CharronJUN 06, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
The gut microbiome refers to the collection of microorganisms that reside within the gut. The gut microbiome is known to ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUN 05, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long sought to determine how life first arose on our planet, and finding an answer to that question coul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There are about three billion bases in the human genome, and each letter is either an adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer vaccines have been around for decades, but a unique neoantigen vaccine called NeoVax is making researchers hopefu ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUN 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Some people with unexplained liver and kidney issues may now have an answer. Researchers have found that mutations in a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2022Microbiology
Even this juvenile nudibranch from Quadra Island, British Columbia, has a microbiome. / Image credit: Niels Van Steenkis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Scientists changed biomedical engineering and took gene editing to a new level when they created CRISPR-Cas9, which util ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2022Immunology
From birth, our immune system is ready to spring into action to protect us from pathogenic invaders. Like the rest of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2022Space & Astronomy
Titan, the largest moon of Saturn—The Hazy Moon, with its thick atmosphere and lakes of liquid methane and ethane, ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 26, 2022Cannabis Sciences
A new published commentary in the Journal of Cannabis Research indicated that cannabis crystallinity may determine level ...Written By: Kerry CharronMAY 25, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The words “molecular biology” might sound intimidating to most, but it’s not quite as bad as you think ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 25, 2022Cancer
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In another advance for CRISPR technology, researchers have devised a way to edit genes in insects, including cockroaches ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2022Genetics & Genomics
You may have heard of haploid and diploid species, which carry one set of unpaired chromosomes, or two sets chromosomes, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2022Health & Medicine
Since the onset of the pandemic, researchers and clinicians have been trying to determine why COVID-19 is more severe in ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2022
Microbiology
Our bodies contain huge numbers of microbes - inside and out. We even have face mites. New research has shown that the m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2022
Microbiology
Scientists have long sought to understand how Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacterium that causes plague, evolved int
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
When parents mate and produce offspring, their genomes recombine, shuffling the genetic information within. But supergen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Humans carry 46 chromosomes. We get one from each parent, making 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes, and one pair of sex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2022
Cancer
The results of a Clinical Trial for rectal cancer patients published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine co
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUN 12, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Genes hold the recipe for proteins, which are made of amino acids. DNA only has four letters, or nucleotides, and each s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
It's estimated that over 262 million people around the world have asthma, a chronic condition
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2022
Cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a very aggressive pancreatic cancer with limited treatment options. PDA
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUN 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Labroots hosted its 6th Annual Laboratory Automation Virtual Event on May 18, 2022. The speaker roster for this free con
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUN 06, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
The gut microbiome refers to the collection of microorganisms that reside within the gut. The gut microbiome is known to
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUN 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long sought to determine how life first arose on our planet, and finding an answer to that question coul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There are about three billion bases in the human genome, and each letter is either an adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer vaccines have been around for decades, but a unique neoantigen vaccine called NeoVax is making researchers hopefu
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUN 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Some people with unexplained liver and kidney issues may now have an answer. Researchers have found that mutations in a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2022
Microbiology
Even this juvenile nudibranch from Quadra Island, British Columbia, has a microbiome. / Image credit: Niels Van Steenkis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists changed biomedical engineering and took gene editing to a new level when they created CRISPR-Cas9, which util
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2022
Immunology
From birth, our immune system is ready to spring into action to protect us from pathogenic invaders. Like the rest of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Titan, the largest moon of Saturn—The Hazy Moon, with its thick atmosphere and lakes of liquid methane and ethane,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 26, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
A new published commentary in the Journal of Cannabis Research indicated that cannabis crystallinity may determine level
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
MAY 25, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The words “molecular biology” might sound intimidating to most, but it’s not quite as bad as you think
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 25, 2022
Cancer
In 2006, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) began a cancer gen
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
MAY 24, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In another advance for CRISPR technology, researchers have devised a way to edit genes in insects, including cockroaches
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
You may have heard of haploid and diploid species, which carry one set of unpaired chromosomes, or two sets chromosomes,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2022
Health & Medicine
Since the onset of the pandemic, researchers and clinicians have been trying to determine why COVID-19 is more severe in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch