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Gene Silencing
Gene Silencing: describes the epigenetic regulation of a gene, at the level of transcription or translation, to prevent gene expression. Mechanisms include DNA methylation, histone modification and RNAi. Methods to silence genes are exploited by researchers to study gene function, and for the development of therapeutics for diseases including cancer, infectious diseases and neurodegenerative disorders.
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JAN 25, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In every cell, the right genes have to be turned on or off and carefully controlled in order to carry out cellular funct ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2017Genetics & Genomics
epigenetics initiates pancreatic cancer metastasisWritten By: Jennifer EllisJAN 07, 2017Cancer
Peppers are in the spotlight again this week as scientists reveal the biological mechanism behind the anticancer effects ...DEC 20, 2016Immunology
As part of the immune response, T cells react differently to an acute infection versus a chronic infection, and this dif ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
There are vast swaths of genomic regions that don't code for protein, once nicknamed and thought of as junk DNA and RNA. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Females carry two X chromosomes, and the genes of one of those chromosomes cannot be expressed during development or myr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Engineers and scientists have long been trying to use cells to manufacture molecules that humans need, like biofuel or m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2016Cardiology
Risk factors leading to cardiovascular disease are often thought to be obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, and environmental ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 01, 2016Cardiology
Two interactive proteins were discovered in connection to atherosclerosis-related macrophage activation, according to a ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 21, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics - the study of how genetic modifications, instead of the genetic code itself, affects the expression of gene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2016Immunology
Since the 1960s, scientists have studied the antibody production and cell-mediated immune response duties of B lymphocyt ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
To put it simply, organisms inherit a copy of each gene from each parent. For a small group of genes, roughly one hundre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2016Cancer
Tiny non-coding RNA molecules are now being marshaled against breast cancer. In a recent report, scientists at the Massa ...SEP 12, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part ...Written By: Jennifer EllisSEP 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Stuff in our world is made up of matter, composed of atoms, which means that everything is basically a chemical. But som ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Egg cells, or ovules in animals, remain dormant for many years after the start of reproductive age, and that is one reas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 27, 2016Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 27, 2016Cancer
Recent research estimate that tumors receive less than 1 percent of the nanomedicine that’s delivered systemically ...JUL 22, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are constantly discovering new ways the genes are expressed, silenced, and altered in other ways. A new stud ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers working at Florida State Unive ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Replication, transcription, and translation, the pedestals of genetics, occur in synchrony. The unique machinery of each ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 03, 2016Genetics & Genomics
For the first time since 2007 when scientists were just beginning to understand the DNA manipulation capabilities of CRI ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 13, 2016Cancer
It may come as a surprise to some people to know that some genes are capable of moving around in our genome. Scientists ...MAR 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 ...
JAN 25, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In every cell, the right genes have to be turned on or off and carefully controlled in order to carry out cellular funct
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
epigenetics initiates pancreatic cancer metastasis
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 07, 2017
Cancer
Peppers are in the spotlight again this week as scientists reveal the biological mechanism behind the anticancer effects
...
DEC 20, 2016
Immunology
As part of the immune response, T cells react differently to an acute infection versus a chronic infection, and this dif
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are vast swaths of genomic regions that don't code for protein, once nicknamed and thought of as junk DNA and RNA.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Females carry two X chromosomes, and the genes of one of those chromosomes cannot be expressed during development or myr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Engineers and scientists have long been trying to use cells to manufacture molecules that humans need, like biofuel or m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2016
Cardiology
Risk factors leading to cardiovascular disease are often thought to be obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, and environmental
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 01, 2016
Cardiology
Two interactive proteins were discovered in connection to atherosclerosis-related macrophage activation, according to a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics - the study of how genetic modifications, instead of the genetic code itself, affects the expression of gene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2016
Immunology
Since the 1960s, scientists have studied the antibody production and cell-mediated immune response duties of B lymphocyt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
To put it simply, organisms inherit a copy of each gene from each parent. For a small group of genes, roughly one hundre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2016
Cancer
Tiny non-coding RNA molecules are now being marshaled against breast cancer. In a recent report, scientists at the Massa
...
SEP 12, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Dana Farber/Boston Children's has been able to selectively silence a gene, BCL11A, found in 2008 to be an integral part
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
SEP 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stuff in our world is made up of matter, composed of atoms, which means that everything is basically a chemical. But som
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Egg cells, or ovules in animals, remain dormant for many years after the start of reproductive age, and that is one reas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 27, 2016
Cancer
Recent research estimate that tumors receive less than 1 percent of the nanomedicine that’s delivered systemically
...
JUL 22, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are constantly discovering new ways the genes are expressed, silenced, and altered in other ways. A new stud
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers working at Florida State Unive
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Replication, transcription, and translation, the pedestals of genetics, occur in synchrony. The unique machinery of each
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 03, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time since 2007 when scientists were just beginning to understand the DNA manipulation capabilities of CRI
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 13, 2016
Cancer
It may come as a surprise to some people to know that some genes are capable of moving around in our genome. Scientists
...
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
...