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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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AUG 29, 2021Cancer
An AI-powered blood test was able to correctly detect the presence of lung cancer over 90% of the time in patient sample ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 27, 2021Health & Medicine
Since their discovery, there has been an interest in how ABO blood groups and infectious diseases may be related. In add ...Written By: Christopher DiMaioAUG 24, 2021Technology
Researchers may have found a new druggable target in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), thanks to a CRISPR scre ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 19, 2021Cancer
A berry-producing vine in Japan has shown promise in mouse models for treating lung cancer. The corresponding study was ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 19, 2021Immunology
Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describes a man who is a kind, respect ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 18, 2021Technology
All cells in a tumor share some genetic similarities, but also have key differences, often hindering effective treatment ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, researchers have studied how an enzyme called APOBEC3 can help protect the body from pathogenic viruses, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2021Plants & Animals
A new study sequenced Neandertal DNA, revealing the first father-daughter pair and other clues about social life.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattAUG 17, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The human body develops from one fertilized cell, and in some way, all of our cells are derived from that first one. But ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The genome is more than just its sequence; epigenetic features of DNA, like chemical tags that may be attached, or how i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Incredible findings from the wilds of coastal British Columbia have shown how closely linked animals, humans, and the en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2021Technology
Researchers may have found a way to create synthetic RNA that is more “pure” and cost-effective than previou ...Written By: Ryan VingumAUG 12, 2021Microbiology
Now that scientists can easily determine the composition of a gut microbiome by sequencing the DNA in a stool sample, mo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now learned more about a burial site unearthed at Suontaka in Finland in 1968 that contained two swords, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Over 70,000 around the world have cystic fibrosis (CF), one of the world's most common genetic diseases. People with ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Although the human genome has basically the same genes from one person to the next, there is a huge amount of variation ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
A combination of two natural nutritional supplements, vitamin A and methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), can treat P ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 03, 2021Genetics & Genomics
When a gene is active, it's transcribed from DNA to RNA, and a specific sequence in the genetic code acts like a sig ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Throughout our lives, new cells often replace the ones that become damaged or worn out. As cells divide, they have to re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2021Earth & The Environment
Cattle are losing important genetic adaptations to their environment due to a lack of genetic information available to f ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Cats have been a part of human society for thousands of years, and now scientists are suggesting that they could help pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Since the dawn of the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges has been monitoring the crowned enemy as it spread through ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 28, 2021Microbiology
Histones are proteins that are used to organize and compact DNA. Some giant viruses called Marseilleviridae have also be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many types of cells have to be replenished continuously throughout our lives, and the genome in the nucleus of those cel ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2021
Cancer
An AI-powered blood test was able to correctly detect the presence of lung cancer over 90% of the time in patient sample
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 27, 2021
Health & Medicine
Since their discovery, there has been an interest in how ABO blood groups and infectious diseases may be related. In add
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 24, 2021
Technology
Researchers may have found a new druggable target in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), thanks to a CRISPR scre
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 19, 2021
Cancer
A berry-producing vine in Japan has shown promise in mouse models for treating lung cancer. The corresponding study was
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 19, 2021
Immunology
Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde describes a man who is a kind, respect
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 18, 2021
Technology
All cells in a tumor share some genetic similarities, but also have key differences, often hindering effective treatment
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, researchers have studied how an enzyme called APOBEC3 can help protect the body from pathogenic viruses,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2021
Plants & Animals
A new study sequenced Neandertal DNA, revealing the first father-daughter pair and other clues about social life.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
AUG 17, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The human body develops from one fertilized cell, and in some way, all of our cells are derived from that first one. But
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The genome is more than just its sequence; epigenetic features of DNA, like chemical tags that may be attached, or how i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Incredible findings from the wilds of coastal British Columbia have shown how closely linked animals, humans, and the en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2021
Technology
Researchers may have found a way to create synthetic RNA that is more “pure” and cost-effective than previou
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
AUG 12, 2021
Microbiology
Now that scientists can easily determine the composition of a gut microbiome by sequencing the DNA in a stool sample, mo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now learned more about a burial site unearthed at Suontaka in Finland in 1968 that contained two swords,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Over 70,000 around the world have cystic fibrosis (CF), one of the world's most common genetic diseases. People with
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Although the human genome has basically the same genes from one person to the next, there is a huge amount of variation
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
A combination of two natural nutritional supplements, vitamin A and methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), can treat P
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 03, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
When a gene is active, it's transcribed from DNA to RNA, and a specific sequence in the genetic code acts like a sig
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Throughout our lives, new cells often replace the ones that become damaged or worn out. As cells divide, they have to re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Cattle are losing important genetic adaptations to their environment due to a lack of genetic information available to f
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Cats have been a part of human society for thousands of years, and now scientists are suggesting that they could help pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since the dawn of the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges has been monitoring the crowned enemy as it spread through
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 28, 2021
Microbiology
Histones are proteins that are used to organize and compact DNA. Some giant viruses called Marseilleviridae have also be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many types of cells have to be replenished continuously throughout our lives, and the genome in the nucleus of those cel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch