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Gene Regulation
Gene Regulation is created by using mechanisms to inhibit or induce the expression of a gene product. Regulation of a gene can include: the binding of proteins to DNA elements in order to regulation of transcription, structural changes, chemical changes, or the translation of mRNA.
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MAY 25, 2016Neuroscience
It is well-known that the extracellular concentrations of various ions in the brain change depending on the behavioral s ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 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, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 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 12, 2016Immunology
Cancer cells are mutated cells that grow abnormally. Cytotoxic T cells of the immune system are designed and developed t ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Michigan State University are developing a system to read the genome like normal people read a book. Lik ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 03, 2016Cardiology
Scientists pinpointed various genes in the signaling pathway responsible for the development of heart valves leading to ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 29, 2016Cancer
When the equilibrium of gene regulation is disrupted, whether by random mutation, ultraviolet light exposure, or another ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 28, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A genetic variation has evolved in populations that have eaten a plant-based diet over hundreds of generations, such as ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 15, 2016Cancer
In what sounds like an epic fantasy battle between good and evil, researchers at the University of Manchester, UK found ...APR 11, 2016Health & Medicine
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is directly related to a misdirected immune response to gluten, a protein ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 04, 2016Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 29, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A mother can pass down red hair and blue eyes to her child, why not the impact of a stressful life full of hardships? &n ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro-RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi ...MAR 25, 2016Immunology
Although plants and humans are plagued by different types of infections, a new study from the Boyce Thompson Institute f ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 24, 2016Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o ...MAR 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
What does Brad Pitt have in common with a fruit fly? They both have cowlicks—a swirl of hair caused by a patternin ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 23, 2016Cardiology
To reduce risk of heart attack, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle are clear. But genetics can still stack the deck. A ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 19, 2016Cancer
Here’s yet another reason to limit alcohol intake, especially for females: Researchers at the University of Housto ...MAR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
The genetic culprit behind a rare recessive disorder has been identified, further allowing for great reaches into person ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 16, 2016Cancer
Wistar Institute researchers recently discovered a protein in the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell, called STING, can i ...
MAY 25, 2016
Neuroscience
It is well-known that the extracellular concentrations of various ions in the brain change depending on the behavioral s
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
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
Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
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 12, 2016
Immunology
Cancer cells are mutated cells that grow abnormally. Cytotoxic T cells of the immune system are designed and developed t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Michigan State University are developing a system to read the genome like normal people read a book. Lik
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 03, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists pinpointed various genes in the signaling pathway responsible for the development of heart valves leading to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
When the equilibrium of gene regulation is disrupted, whether by random mutation, ultraviolet light exposure, or another
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 28, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A genetic variation has evolved in populations that have eaten a plant-based diet over hundreds of generations, such as
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 15, 2016
Cancer
In what sounds like an epic fantasy battle between good and evil, researchers at the University of Manchester, UK found
...
APR 11, 2016
Health & Medicine
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is directly related to a misdirected immune response to gluten, a protein
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A mother can pass down red hair and blue eyes to her child, why not the impact of a stressful life full of hardships? &n
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro-RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi
...
MAR 25, 2016
Immunology
Although plants and humans are plagued by different types of infections, a new study from the Boyce Thompson Institute f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o
...
MAR 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
What does Brad Pitt have in common with a fruit fly? They both have cowlicks—a swirl of hair caused by a patternin
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 23, 2016
Cardiology
To reduce risk of heart attack, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle are clear. But genetics can still stack the deck. A
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 19, 2016
Cancer
Here’s yet another reason to limit alcohol intake, especially for females: Researchers at the University of Housto
...
MAR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
The genetic culprit behind a rare recessive disorder has been identified, further allowing for great reaches into person
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 16, 2016
Cancer
Wistar Institute researchers recently discovered a protein in the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell, called STING, can i
...