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Functional Assays
Functional Assays: An assay is an analytical procedure in laboratory medicine, pharmacology, environmental biology and molecular biology for qualitatively examining or quantitatively measuring the presence, amount, or functional activity of a target entity.
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APR 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have used a grafting technique plus a reagent that is approved for use in humans to enable blind zebrafish t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Migraine headaches are often so severe that they are incapacitating, and the pain, nausea and sensitivity to light and s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The human brain contains everything we learn and all of the memories from our lives; the nerve cells in the brain and th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Neanderthals died off 40,000 years ago, but not before passing on some of their genes to humans, who have in turn carrie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
We assume that food we ingest is safe to eat, but new research has shown that a common food additive could be damaging t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A new tool has been created that can effectively identify substances in the blood or urine that cause cancer. A team of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2017Microbiology
New work published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that bacteria present at very small levels in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding more about an organism's ability to regenerate could help us develop therapeutics for serious injury o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium and King's College London have found more evidence for the role and importance o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work from investigators at the Graduate School of Biosphere Science at Hiroshima University may significantly impact ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Gene Essential for Reprogramming Human Amniotic Stem CellsWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2017Cardiology
There are three layers of the heart, and scientists from Penn State are working on using stem cells to recreate epicardi ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 28, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have spearheaded an effort to apply geneti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded by a contribution by Paul G. Allen, a cofounder of Microsoft, in 2014. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2016Videos
You may have heard of cell transfection, a common technique used in molecular biology research and beyond. In this video ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Modifications to DNA and RNA can exert a powerful influence on gene expression. The most modification to RNA, the interm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 09, 2016Videos
In this talk presented by the American Society for Microbiology with Barry Bochner of Biolog, Inc, the hows and whys of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical that is extensively used in consumer products such as metal food can liners, wate ...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 02, 2016Microbiology
Commensal bacteria, the normal flora in the digestive tract, have a multitude of functions and are critical to health. O ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As researchers are still working on a cure for Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis remains a critical step in treatment a ...
APR 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have used a grafting technique plus a reagent that is approved for use in humans to enable blind zebrafish t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Migraine headaches are often so severe that they are incapacitating, and the pain, nausea and sensitivity to light and s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human brain contains everything we learn and all of the memories from our lives; the nerve cells in the brain and th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neanderthals died off 40,000 years ago, but not before passing on some of their genes to humans, who have in turn carrie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
We assume that food we ingest is safe to eat, but new research has shown that a common food additive could be damaging t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new tool has been created that can effectively identify substances in the blood or urine that cause cancer. A team of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2017
Microbiology
New work published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that bacteria present at very small levels in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding more about an organism's ability to regenerate could help us develop therapeutics for serious injury o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium and King's College London have found more evidence for the role and importance o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work from investigators at the Graduate School of Biosphere Science at Hiroshima University may significantly impact
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Gene Essential for Reprogramming Human Amniotic Stem Cells
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chimeras have cells from two different organisms growing in the same animal. You might see some wild headlines about the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2017
Cardiology
There are three layers of the heart, and scientists from Penn State are working on using stem cells to recreate epicardi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 28, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at UC Davis and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) have spearheaded an effort to apply geneti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded by a contribution by Paul G. Allen, a cofounder of Microsoft, in 2014.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2016
Videos
You may have heard of cell transfection, a common technique used in molecular biology research and beyond. In this video
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Modifications to DNA and RNA can exert a powerful influence on gene expression. The most modification to RNA, the interm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 09, 2016
Videos
In this talk presented by the American Society for Microbiology with Barry Bochner of Biolog, Inc, the hows and whys of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a common chemical that is extensively used in consumer products such as metal food can liners, wate
...
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 02, 2016
Microbiology
Commensal bacteria, the normal flora in the digestive tract, have a multitude of functions and are critical to health. O
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As researchers are still working on a cure for Alzheimer’s, early diagnosis remains a critical step in treatment a
...