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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 08, 2016Immunology
There’s a protein that signals the immune system not to kill certain cells. This action could be preventing autoim ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2016Immunology
B cells and T cells are not the only immune cells with memory capabilities, scientists have discovered. Natural Killer ( ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells in nature have to respond to environmental stimuli with a complex repertoire of responses. In effect, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Long regions of seemingly unimportant strands of DNA were named ‘junk DNA’ and long thought to be unimportan ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2016Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a disease that has been puzzling neuroscientists and researchers for decades. There ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 05, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have begun to voice concerns about a perceived lack of data reproducibility. A pillar of the scientific metho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2016Immunology
While the immune system does act as a multi-faceted protective system when dangerous bacteria and viruses come knocking, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 03, 2016Genetics & Genomics
For the first time since 2007 when scientists were just beginning to understand the DNA manipulation capabilities of CRI ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 02, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondrial replacement therapy was hailed as a promising new way to overcome diseases passed down in the DNA of mitoc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2016Cardiology
After the heart muscle cells of a newborn develop to a certain point where the body has seemed to consider is sturdy eno ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 28, 2016Cancer
Not all mutations lead to cancer, but there are some that can cause DNA to scramble beyond recognition, forming massive ...MAY 27, 2016Infographics
As we grow and develop, very specific chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of our genome at strategic times ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 26, 2016Microbiology
In March 2015, President Obama released The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. It is inte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2016Neuroscience
At the Max Planck Florida Institute of Neuroscience (MPFIN), researchers are looking at a a method used to repair DNA in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the leading cause of skin cancer, also known as melanoma. To prevent this, doctors often a ...MAY 23, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are learning not to dismiss something just because they do not understand it. In the realm of studying non-c ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 20, 2016Health & Medicine
Brandeis researchers have developed a novel approach for genetically identifying and manipulating specific neuronal cell ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAY 19, 2016Immunology
The body’s cells proliferate continuously, depicted as a series of phases called the cell cycle. In a recent colla ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Turning back to nature’s marine medicine cabinet, scientists at the University of South Florida (USF) may have fou ...MAY 17, 2016Cardiology
Selenium is an essential nutrient for human health found in seafood, meat, grains, and dairy products. Pregnant women sh ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 17, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Although the genetic code is famous for its double helix and not its quadruple helix, it is known to occur in other form ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 16, 2016Microbiology
On May 13, 2016, the White House announced the new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) for the benefit of people and th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2016Cancer
testMAY 13, 2016Genetics & Genomics
It was reported today in the New York Times that a private, invitation-only meeting of about 150 scientists was convened ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 08, 2016
Immunology
There’s a protein that signals the immune system not to kill certain cells. This action could be preventing autoim
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2016
Immunology
B cells and T cells are not the only immune cells with memory capabilities, scientists have discovered. Natural Killer (
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells in nature have to respond to environmental stimuli with a complex repertoire of responses. In effect,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Long regions of seemingly unimportant strands of DNA were named ‘junk DNA’ and long thought to be unimportan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2016
Neuroscience
Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a disease that has been puzzling neuroscientists and researchers for decades. There
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 05, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have begun to voice concerns about a perceived lack of data reproducibility. A pillar of the scientific metho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2016
Immunology
While the immune system does act as a multi-faceted protective system when dangerous bacteria and viruses come knocking,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 03, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time since 2007 when scientists were just beginning to understand the DNA manipulation capabilities of CRI
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondrial replacement therapy was hailed as a promising new way to overcome diseases passed down in the DNA of mitoc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2016
Cardiology
After the heart muscle cells of a newborn develop to a certain point where the body has seemed to consider is sturdy eno
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 28, 2016
Cancer
Not all mutations lead to cancer, but there are some that can cause DNA to scramble beyond recognition, forming massive
...
MAY 27, 2016
Infographics
As we grow and develop, very specific chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of our genome at strategic times
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 26, 2016
Microbiology
In March 2015, President Obama released The National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria. It is inte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2016
Neuroscience
At the Max Planck Florida Institute of Neuroscience (MPFIN), researchers are looking at a a method used to repair DNA in
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the leading cause of skin cancer, also known as melanoma. To prevent this, doctors often a
...
MAY 23, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are learning not to dismiss something just because they do not understand it. In the realm of studying non-c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 20, 2016
Health & Medicine
Brandeis researchers have developed a novel approach for genetically identifying and manipulating specific neuronal cell
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAY 19, 2016
Immunology
The body’s cells proliferate continuously, depicted as a series of phases called the cell cycle. In a recent colla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Turning back to nature’s marine medicine cabinet, scientists at the University of South Florida (USF) may have fou
...
MAY 17, 2016
Cardiology
Selenium is an essential nutrient for human health found in seafood, meat, grains, and dairy products. Pregnant women sh
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 17, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Although the genetic code is famous for its double helix and not its quadruple helix, it is known to occur in other form
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 16, 2016
Microbiology
On May 13, 2016, the White House announced the new National Microbiome Initiative (NMI) for the benefit of people and th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2016
Cancer
test
MAY 13, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
It was reported today in the New York Times that a private, invitation-only meeting of about 150 scientists was convened
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch