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FEB 15, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
CRISPR technology continues to revolutionize biology; two new diagnostic tools based on the technique have now been deve ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2018Microbiology
The revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing tool is made from a bacterial immune system. Researchers knew that it wasn't the o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2018Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by defects in a gene necessary for strong muscle fibers, including the muscl ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 01, 2018Cardiology
When clusters of a particular molecule form in the heart muscle tissue, the heart struggles to function normally. While ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 01, 2018Immunology
One gene mutation is responsible for disrupting the function of a key immune cell population involved in protecting the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Synthetic biology is a growing field of research that is aiming to create a new kind of organism.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2018Cardiology
One small molecule called nitric oxide (NO) plays so many different roles in the cell, valuable and destructive. Scienti ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 19, 2018Immunology
A group of scientists are studying all things type 1 diabetes, looking for causation - genetic and environmental - as we ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 17, 2018Neuroscience
Having a few drinks with friends after work, or ordering a glass or two of wine with a meal isn't a problem for most ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 16, 2018Cancer
The recipe suppressed a majority of cancer cells in both in vitro and in vivo experiments.Written By: Julia TraversJAN 15, 2018Cancer
With the help of a glow-producing natural enzyme, researchers detected the death of a single cancer cell quickly -- with ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 11, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientists have made a connection between specific biomarkers and gastric cancer outcomes. Alcohol c ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 09, 2018Cancer
"This paper provides very strong evidence that an alcohol metabolite causes DNA damage [including] to the all-important ...Written By: Julia TraversJAN 07, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been studying blood cell development after transplantation, but new work has assessed them in their nat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2018Microbiology
Ebola has caused serious outbreaks in recent years; the last one that struck West Africa was a virulent strain that kill ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Summary of key areas of anti-aging research for health and disease managementWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 31, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria aren't capable of conscious thought, but scientists have developed a technique that imprints a kind of memory i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2017Technology
MIT engineers alter watercress plants to give off several hours of low-level light.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 27, 2017Microbiology
For eight years, researchers conducted experiments modeling repeated, mild bacterial infections; what they saw shocked t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2017Videos
CRISPR/Cas9 is a revolutionary gene-editing system that comes from bacteria. As explained in the video, bacteria get sic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Brief overview of epigenetic therapeuticsWritten By: Courtney SchaalDEC 10, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
AAV viral vector gene delivery will soon be approved for FDA approval, and will likely just be the first of many proving ...Written By: Courtney SchaalDEC 08, 2017Cancer
How an antidrinking drug kills cancer too Anti-alcohol drug kills cancer too Age-old alcohol-abuse drug finds new life f ...DEC 07, 2017Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology has been hailed as revolutionary, but the technique came with some caveats. Now, it ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
CRISPR technology continues to revolutionize biology; two new diagnostic tools based on the technique have now been deve
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2018
Microbiology
The revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing tool is made from a bacterial immune system. Researchers knew that it wasn't the o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2018
Cardiology
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by defects in a gene necessary for strong muscle fibers, including the muscl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 01, 2018
Cardiology
When clusters of a particular molecule form in the heart muscle tissue, the heart struggles to function normally. While
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 01, 2018
Immunology
One gene mutation is responsible for disrupting the function of a key immune cell population involved in protecting the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Synthetic biology is a growing field of research that is aiming to create a new kind of organism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2018
Cardiology
One small molecule called nitric oxide (NO) plays so many different roles in the cell, valuable and destructive. Scienti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 19, 2018
Immunology
A group of scientists are studying all things type 1 diabetes, looking for causation - genetic and environmental - as we
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 17, 2018
Neuroscience
Having a few drinks with friends after work, or ordering a glass or two of wine with a meal isn't a problem for most
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 16, 2018
Cancer
The recipe suppressed a majority of cancer cells in both in vitro and in vivo experiments.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 15, 2018
Cancer
With the help of a glow-producing natural enzyme, researchers detected the death of a single cancer cell quickly -- with
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 11, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientists have made a connection between specific biomarkers and gastric cancer outcomes. Alcohol c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2018
Cancer
"This paper provides very strong evidence that an alcohol metabolite causes DNA damage [including] to the all-important
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 07, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been studying blood cell development after transplantation, but new work has assessed them in their nat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2018
Microbiology
Ebola has caused serious outbreaks in recent years; the last one that struck West Africa was a virulent strain that kill
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Summary of key areas of anti-aging research for health and disease management
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 31, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria aren't capable of conscious thought, but scientists have developed a technique that imprints a kind of memory i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2017
Technology
MIT engineers alter watercress plants to give off several hours of low-level light.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 27, 2017
Microbiology
For eight years, researchers conducted experiments modeling repeated, mild bacterial infections; what they saw shocked t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2017
Videos
CRISPR/Cas9 is a revolutionary gene-editing system that comes from bacteria. As explained in the video, bacteria get sic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Brief overview of epigenetic therapeutics
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 10, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
AAV viral vector gene delivery will soon be approved for FDA approval, and will likely just be the first of many proving
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 08, 2017
Cancer
How an antidrinking drug kills cancer too Anti-alcohol drug kills cancer too Age-old alcohol-abuse drug finds new life f
...
DEC 07, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology has been hailed as revolutionary, but the technique came with some caveats. Now, it
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch