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JUN 06, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have now been able to capture an enzyme called RNA polymerase on video as it copies a DNA sequence into an R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene activity has to be carefully controlled by cells so that they maintain their identity and continue to carry out the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Some medical mysteries have become much easier to solve because of advanced genetic techniques that have enabled researc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein synthesis, protein engineering, and synthetic biology researchers can research their protein of interest using e ...Sponsored By: Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.MAY 24, 2021Genetics & Genomics
In Brazil, automotive battery plants use lead to make their products, exposing workers to the element, which is abundant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2021Cannabis Sciences
While eating cannabis products produces a potent high in many, some are unable to feel its effects when consumed in this ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 19, 2021Technology
Attempts to understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus have focused on a key mechanism of action: the use of a “spike pr ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 18, 2021Immunology
Canadian researchers have discovered an antiviral drug that blocks the SARS-CoV-2 virus from infecting lung cells. Promi ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 17, 2021Immunology
Inflammation, a process that was meant to defend our body from infection, has been found to contribute to a wide range o ...MAY 16, 2021Cancer
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common cause of liver cancer in the world, resulting in approximately 880,000 deaths ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2019, there were approximately 229 million cases of malaria around ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 12, 2021Cardiology
Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that disrupts the connective tissues that anchor and link the body's organs, affec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which virtually eliminates a patient's immune system, and severely affects thei ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 10, 2021Genetics & Genomics
A cell has many ways to control gene expression, one of which is the structure of the genome itself; active genes have t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic kidney disease is estimated to affect about 700 million people around the world. High salt diets are known to ma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 06, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Plants and animals have genomes made of four nucleotide bases, adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C), and guanine (G). ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
After being identified in the 1980s, it was thought that retrons were just an odd feature of some bacterial cells. But e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2021Microbiology
Most DNA that we're familiar with is found in cells in a double-stranded form. So, many years ago, scientists were intri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2021Microbiology
Increasingly, microbes in the gut are being linked to human health and disease. New research has suggested that disrupti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some parts of the genome are simple; many genes encode for proteins, and if there is an error in one of those protein-co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that the effects of alcohol intoxication, like slurred speech and ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 14, 2021Cancer
Written By: Author As I pondered the title of this article, my thoughts immediately went back to a request by my Ph.D. a ...APR 12, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were shocked when they saw the results of a genetic analysis comparing various microbes from around the worl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some diseases, like sickle-cell anemia and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are due to errors in only a single let ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have now been able to capture an enzyme called RNA polymerase on video as it copies a DNA sequence into an R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene activity has to be carefully controlled by cells so that they maintain their identity and continue to carry out the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Some medical mysteries have become much easier to solve because of advanced genetic techniques that have enabled researc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein synthesis, protein engineering, and synthetic biology researchers can research their protein of interest using e
...
Sponsored By:
Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
MAY 24, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
In Brazil, automotive battery plants use lead to make their products, exposing workers to the element, which is abundant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
While eating cannabis products produces a potent high in many, some are unable to feel its effects when consumed in this
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 19, 2021
Technology
Attempts to understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus have focused on a key mechanism of action: the use of a “spike pr
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 18, 2021
Immunology
Canadian researchers have discovered an antiviral drug that blocks the SARS-CoV-2 virus from infecting lung cells. Promi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 17, 2021
Immunology
Inflammation, a process that was meant to defend our body from infection, has been found to contribute to a wide range o
...
MAY 16, 2021
Cancer
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most common cause of liver cancer in the world, resulting in approximately 880,000 deaths
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2019, there were approximately 229 million cases of malaria around
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 12, 2021
Cardiology
Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that disrupts the connective tissues that anchor and link the body's organs, affec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which virtually eliminates a patient's immune system, and severely affects thei
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 10, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
A cell has many ways to control gene expression, one of which is the structure of the genome itself; active genes have t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic kidney disease is estimated to affect about 700 million people around the world. High salt diets are known to ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 06, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Plants and animals have genomes made of four nucleotide bases, adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C), and guanine (G).
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
After being identified in the 1980s, it was thought that retrons were just an odd feature of some bacterial cells. But e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2021
Microbiology
Most DNA that we're familiar with is found in cells in a double-stranded form. So, many years ago, scientists were intri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2021
Microbiology
Increasingly, microbes in the gut are being linked to human health and disease. New research has suggested that disrupti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some parts of the genome are simple; many genes encode for proteins, and if there is an error in one of those protein-co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that the effects of alcohol intoxication, like slurred speech and
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 14, 2021
Cancer
Written By: Author As I pondered the title of this article, my thoughts immediately went back to a request by my Ph.D. a
...
APR 12, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were shocked when they saw the results of a genetic analysis comparing various microbes from around the worl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some diseases, like sickle-cell anemia and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are due to errors in only a single let
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch