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Gene Sequencing
Gene Sequencing: the process of determining the precise order of nucleotides within a DNA molecule. It includes any method or technology that is used to determine the order of the four bases-adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine-in a strand of DNA. The advent of rapid DNA sequencing methods has greatly accelerated biological and medical research and discovery.
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OCT 26, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
If you're a Star Trek fan, you've heard of the Borg, a hive-mind that can assimilate others as they seek to take control ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The genome of the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is very small. But it encodes for more than just the spike pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene sequences are made up of nucleotide bases, which are 'read' by the cell's machinery in triplets; three ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism have many things in common; they are both com ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2022Cancer
Point mutations change one or very few nucleotides in DNA, but they cause an estimated 30,000 genetic diseases in humans ...OCT 11, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Every mammal that is found on our planet is descended from one common ancestor, thought to have lived around 180 million ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2022Cancer
Immunotherapies continue to expand the cancer treatment landscape, providing new and exciting approaches to treat tumors ...Written By: Katie KokolusOCT 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long known that certain things are risk factors for severe cases of COVID-19, such as old age or obesit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2022Plants & Animals
Fungi can cause a range of infections and problems for humans. However, despite the fact that we encounter and inhale fu ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 07, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The earliest studies of genetic inheritance were very straightforward - Gregor Mendel documented the passage of certain ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2022Genetics & Genomics
For many years researchers focused attention on protein-coding genes, and while they are very important, they only accou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2022Immunology
The immune system has to be able to differentiate between the organisms in our microbiome, which can be helpful and even ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The promise of NGS in personalized cancer care For years, next-generation sequencing (NGS) has enabled oncologists to id ...Sponsored By: Roche SequencingSEP 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There is still a lot of debate about how much a person's genes influence their behavior. Twin studies are one way to hel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are beginning to reveal the secrets of the long, repetitive sequences in the human genome that were once writ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Living things have to contend with aging. Except for a few unusual creatures, like Turritopsis dohrnii, which has an ext ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
When genes in a cell are active, they are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. So researchers can take a sna ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The genome contains the sequences for protein-coding genes, but before those seuquences are translated into protein, the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Almost 8 billion people live in the world today, so there are bound to be strangers who look just like each other. While ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Stem cells hold tremendous potential, because they can specialize into any type of cell. During development, stem cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Many different proteins can bind DNA, and they perform a variety of critical functions in cells. DNA-binding proteins of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2022Immunology
Researchers have used advanced sequencing techniques to analyze immune cells in great detail. This work has shown that o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The human genome holds thousands of genes, and gene expression has to be carefully controlled in cells; the right gene m ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
If you're a Star Trek fan, you've heard of the Borg, a hive-mind that can assimilate others as they seek to take control
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The genome of the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is very small. But it encodes for more than just the spike pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene sequences are made up of nucleotide bases, which are 'read' by the cell's machinery in triplets; three
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism have many things in common; they are both com
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2022
Cancer
Point mutations change one or very few nucleotides in DNA, but they cause an estimated 30,000 genetic diseases in humans
...
OCT 11, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Every mammal that is found on our planet is descended from one common ancestor, thought to have lived around 180 million
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2022
Cancer
Immunotherapies continue to expand the cancer treatment landscape, providing new and exciting approaches to treat tumors
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
OCT 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long known that certain things are risk factors for severe cases of COVID-19, such as old age or obesit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2022
Plants & Animals
Fungi can cause a range of infections and problems for humans. However, despite the fact that we encounter and inhale fu
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 07, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The earliest studies of genetic inheritance were very straightforward - Gregor Mendel documented the passage of certain
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
For many years researchers focused attention on protein-coding genes, and while they are very important, they only accou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2022
Immunology
The immune system has to be able to differentiate between the organisms in our microbiome, which can be helpful and even
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The promise of NGS in personalized cancer care For years, next-generation sequencing (NGS) has enabled oncologists to id
...
Sponsored By:
Roche Sequencing
SEP 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There is still a lot of debate about how much a person's genes influence their behavior. Twin studies are one way to hel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are beginning to reveal the secrets of the long, repetitive sequences in the human genome that were once writ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Living things have to contend with aging. Except for a few unusual creatures, like Turritopsis dohrnii, which has an ext
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When genes in a cell are active, they are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. So researchers can take a sna
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The genome contains the sequences for protein-coding genes, but before those seuquences are translated into protein, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Almost 8 billion people live in the world today, so there are bound to be strangers who look just like each other. While
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Stem cells hold tremendous potential, because they can specialize into any type of cell. During development, stem cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many different proteins can bind DNA, and they perform a variety of critical functions in cells. DNA-binding proteins of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2022
Immunology
Researchers have used advanced sequencing techniques to analyze immune cells in great detail. This work has shown that o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome holds thousands of genes, and gene expression has to be carefully controlled in cells; the right gene m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch