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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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SEP 10, 2024
Microbiology
Microorganisms are everywhere, even inside of our guts. The microbes we interact with can sometimes have a huge influenc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Dopamine is a signaling molecule or neurotransmitter that is known to help control emotions. Dopamine levels are also a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
DNA has to be interpreted by cells. But that interpretation can change, depending on different factors...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
With powerful tools that sequence the genes that are being expressed in individual cells, scientists have gained new ins
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Cells are defined by the genes they express. In human cells, there are thousands of different protein coding genes, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
We know that some groups of modern humans still carry some sequences in their genomes that are derived from Neanderthals
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Most of us measure our ages chronologically, but recently, scientists have developed a way to measure biological age usi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The cells in the body, and the DNA they contain are constantly bombarded with environmental influences including UV rays
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2024
Microbiology
According to The Lancet, almost 5 million deaths were associated with antibiotic resistance in 2019 alone.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
This image by C. G. Wilson shows a rotifer that has survived a life-threatening fungal infection by using acquired micro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have managed to reconstruct the 3D structure of a woolly mammoth genome that is 52,000 years old, in a first
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the human body is developing, cells have to differentiate and specialize into certain specific types of cells, so the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
There are many healthy foods and diets, and vegetarianism is one option. But it may have different effects for some.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Head trauma, and many neurological disorders like epilepsy, stroke, or Parkinson's disease, for example, can cause n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The sun rays are known to be harmful, and UV radiation in those rays can damage DNA. Scientists have also determined tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In the past decade or so, biomedical technology has been revolutionized by a green editing technique known as CRISPR, wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins carry out many of the essential function of cells, and scientists have spent years learning about the expressio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Connective tissue is very important to the body. Some types of connective tissue link bones and joints, enabling us to m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) https://www.cdc.gov/ibd/what-is-ibd.htm , the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is chronic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
When the TREX1 gene is functioning normally, it produces a protein that helps maintain DNA in cells throughout the body.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A little plant, the New Caledonian fork fern species Tmesipteris oblanceolata has now taken the title of world's largest
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
For decades, the study of genetic disease was focused on genes that code for protein. But scientists have now identified
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
It's long been assumed that as cells divide in the human body, the genome is faithfully replicated in the resulting daug
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch