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SEP 14, 2016Cancer
DNA mutations that cause mutations get a lot of press. But problems with RNA and proteins can also lead to cancer. Shedd ...SEP 13, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Errors in DNA methylation are often found to be causative in different types of cancer, but scientists still do not know ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 12, 2016Cancer
A drug that’s currently under testing in people has been found to kill melanoma cells, even the treatment-resistan ...SEP 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The exact mechanisms that underlie the aging process are not yet fully understood. SIRT6 is one of only a few genes that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2016Videos
Thermo Fisher Scientific has produced another short, animated video featuring some very basic information about the poly ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2016Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 05, 2016Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 04, 2016Microbiology
A, B, C, and now D. That’s the official name of the influenza strain first identified back in 2011 - influenza D. ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 02, 2016Cancer
Vitamins are once again in the spotlight this week. This time, researchers at Stanford University found a link between v ...AUG 31, 2016Videos
It sounds like an urban myth - figs contain the bodies of dead wasps. But in this case, the story is completely true. Fi ...AUG 31, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a genome editing technique that does not require DNA to be cleaved. Called Target-AID, the te ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2016Immunology
An enzyme thought to only be active in human metabolism found to play a dual role in the immune response. Thanks to this ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 28, 2016Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2016Immunology
When four children from Pakistani and Turkish families presented with skin rashes and inflamed joints that doctors could ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles are infamous buzzwords in the scientific community, referring to two thought-to-be ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2016Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For the 44 million people worldwide who are affected by Alzheimer’s disease, and the countless more who are at ris ...AUG 22, 2016Immunology
A compound produced by the immune system triggers the recruitment of immune cells during an infection, but only with the ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A research team led by Christopher J. Lengner of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Brad J ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: J E Theriot/Flickr There’s a new way to make tiny knotted and interlocked chemical structures that h ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 20, 2016Videos
About two years ago, a friend told me she was going on an ayahuasca retreat in Peru. She mentioned frog venom, shamans, ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Image Credit: TSRI's Makarenkova lab LA JOLLA, CA – August 18, 2016 – The eye’s lacrimal gland is ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 14, 2016
Cancer
DNA mutations that cause mutations get a lot of press. But problems with RNA and proteins can also lead to cancer. Shedd
...
SEP 13, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Errors in DNA methylation are often found to be causative in different types of cancer, but scientists still do not know
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 12, 2016
Cancer
A drug that’s currently under testing in people has been found to kill melanoma cells, even the treatment-resistan
...
SEP 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The exact mechanisms that underlie the aging process are not yet fully understood. SIRT6 is one of only a few genes that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2016
Videos
Thermo Fisher Scientific has produced another short, animated video featuring some very basic information about the poly
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 05, 2016
Immunology
A new study from Umea University in Sweden provides yet another reason for people to refrain from smoking. They found th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 04, 2016
Microbiology
A, B, C, and now D. That’s the official name of the influenza strain first identified back in 2011 - influenza D.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 02, 2016
Cancer
Vitamins are once again in the spotlight this week. This time, researchers at Stanford University found a link between v
...
AUG 31, 2016
Videos
It sounds like an urban myth - figs contain the bodies of dead wasps. But in this case, the story is completely true. Fi
...
AUG 31, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a genome editing technique that does not require DNA to be cleaved. Called Target-AID, the te
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2016
Immunology
An enzyme thought to only be active in human metabolism found to play a dual role in the immune response. Thanks to this
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 28, 2016
Microbiology
The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is among the world’s deadliest infectious pathogens. Those bacteria are a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Noroviruses are common; they are the primary cause of viral gastroenteritis in people and are infamous for ruining the v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2016
Immunology
When four children from Pakistani and Turkish families presented with skin rashes and inflamed joints that doctors could
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles are infamous buzzwords in the scientific community, referring to two thought-to-be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2016
Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the 44 million people worldwide who are affected by Alzheimer’s disease, and the countless more who are at ris
...
AUG 22, 2016
Immunology
A compound produced by the immune system triggers the recruitment of immune cells during an infection, but only with the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A research team led by Christopher J. Lengner of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Brad J
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: J E Theriot/Flickr There’s a new way to make tiny knotted and interlocked chemical structures that h
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 20, 2016
Videos
About two years ago, a friend told me she was going on an ayahuasca retreat in Peru. She mentioned frog venom, shamans,
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Image Credit: TSRI's Makarenkova lab LA JOLLA, CA – August 18, 2016 – The eye’s lacrimal gland is
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)