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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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MAY 27, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome is massive, and it contains many highly repetitive sequences that confounded researchers for years. Man ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Many human traits are influenced by multiple genes. Human genes can also carry slight variations in their sequences, whi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Computational and genomic tools have enabled researchers to explore the human genome and make many associations between ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
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The human genome is contained within the nucleus of cells. The genome is well protected, but many things can cause DNA d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
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Once thought of as a condition caused solely by external factors like injuries, infections, or oxygen deprivation ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
In motor neuron disease, the nerve cells that control muscle movement degenerate and die. One form of MND is Amyotrophic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2024Genetics & Genomics
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A new study has suggested that two processes that are usually thought of as harmful: DNA damage and inflammation, may ac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
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The human genome is primarily composed of long stretches of repeat nucleotides that do not code for protein. This myster ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2024Genetics & Genomics
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Scientists are still debating exactly how and where humans fit on the evolutionary tree of great apes. A group of ancien ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome is massive, and it contains many highly repetitive sequences that confounded researchers for years. Man
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Many human traits are influenced by multiple genes. Human genes can also carry slight variations in their sequences, whi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Computational and genomic tools have enabled researchers to explore the human genome and make many associations between
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's estimated that about 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 are infected with (HSV-1), which can cause oral herpes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new technique that can assess how mutations in the genome influence the packaging of DNA in ce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Humans carry a gene called APOE that encodes for a protein called apolipoprotein E. There are several variations of this
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human genome is contained within the nucleus of cells. The genome is well protected, but many things can cause DNA d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some creatures glow naturally, in a phenomenon known as bioluminescence. It's thought that this trait has evolved indepe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
There are trillions of microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal tract, and this gut microbiome includes bacteria, ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
There are some genes that can promote cancer; they are sometimes called oncogenes, and in tumor cells, mutations are oft
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2024
Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies with microbes. The trillions of microorganisms in our guts have very clone connection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, there was a marked increase in neurological complications such as febrile seizu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Once thought of as a condition caused solely by external factors like injuries, infections, or oxygen deprivation
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
In motor neuron disease, the nerve cells that control muscle movement degenerate and die. One form of MND is Amyotrophic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A lot of people quickly learned what RNA was when an RNA virus started the COVID-19 global pandemic. In humans, there ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study has suggested that two processes that are usually thought of as harmful: DNA damage and inflammation, may ac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Pregnancy causes a massive number of changes in a person's body, and is known to be stressful for the body. Pregnancy ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some very diverse neurological systems have evolved in animals, like those carried by cephalopods, compared to those fou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The human genome is primarily composed of long stretches of repeat nucleotides that do not code for protein. This myster
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Human neurodevelopment is a complex process that involves at least 2,300 different genes and an array of biochemical pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome may have been sequenced, but we are still learning about how it works. One of the features of the genom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2024
Immunology
Barcoding technologies that take advantage of the high information content that can be encoded in oligonucleotide sequen
...
Sponsored By:
Quantum-Si
MAR 05, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
eEF1A's surprising tumor-suppressive role in breast cancer, offering a new upstream target
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
MAR 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are still debating exactly how and where humans fit on the evolutionary tree of great apes. A group of ancien
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch