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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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MAR 24, 2016Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o ...MAR 23, 2016Cancer
In a large drug screening trial, scientists identified a unique drug combination that is effective against the most aggr ...MAR 14, 2016Immunology
New research from a collaboration between the University of Bonn, University of Cologne, and the Technical University of ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
With an enhanced form of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, scientists were able to read the genome of induced pluripotent stem cel ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
According to researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a simple blood test may soon be able to detect fiv ...JAN 17, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School identified a new mechanism that mammals use ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 11, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi ...NOV 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a cause of chronic watery diarrhea that is attributed to a lack of nutrient abso ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) tabulated that 122,563 people currently are in need of a lifesaving organ tr ...NOV 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The genomes of humans and animals are much more complex than scientists originally thought. In addition to DNA and RNA, ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 26, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Central Michigan University College of Medici ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 16, 2015Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Plant parasitic nematodes, such as the well-known root-knot nematode and the cyst nematode, invade plant roots near the ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In spite of the fact that few products have reached the market and captured strong revenues thus far, the gene therapy p ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
To protect people from infectious disease, clinicians can target pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiot ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at Harvard University have recently seen success in restoring hearing in deaf mice. The key: repla ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 14, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Understanding the function of certain groups of non-coding RNAs will lead to a greater understanding of how certain illn ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Caltech researchers have found how an abundant class of RNA genes-called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs, pronounced link ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a small RNA molecule called miR-182 that can suppress cancer-causing ge ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Cancer
A pioneering class of drugs that target cancers with mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes could also work against t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 11, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The human connectome can be described as a map of the millions of connections between all of the neurons in the brain. M ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o
...
MAR 23, 2016
Cancer
In a large drug screening trial, scientists identified a unique drug combination that is effective against the most aggr
...
MAR 14, 2016
Immunology
New research from a collaboration between the University of Bonn, University of Cologne, and the Technical University of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
With an enhanced form of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, scientists were able to read the genome of induced pluripotent stem cel
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
According to researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH), a simple blood test may soon be able to detect fiv
...
JAN 17, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School identified a new mechanism that mammals use
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 11, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi
...
NOV 22, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a cause of chronic watery diarrhea that is attributed to a lack of nutrient abso
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 21, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) tabulated that 122,563 people currently are in need of a lifesaving organ tr
...
NOV 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The genomes of humans and animals are much more complex than scientists originally thought. In addition to DNA and RNA,
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 26, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the Central Michigan University College of Medici
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 16, 2015
Microbiology
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Ebola (and it probably won’t be the last). Recently
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Plant parasitic nematodes, such as the well-known root-knot nematode and the cyst nematode, invade plant roots near the
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In spite of the fact that few products have reached the market and captured strong revenues thus far, the gene therapy p
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
To protect people from infectious disease, clinicians can target pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiot
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at Harvard University have recently seen success in restoring hearing in deaf mice. The key: repla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 14, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Understanding the function of certain groups of non-coding RNAs will lead to a greater understanding of how certain illn
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Caltech researchers have found how an abundant class of RNA genes-called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs, pronounced link
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a small RNA molecule called miR-182 that can suppress cancer-causing ge
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 20, 2015
Cancer
A pioneering class of drugs that target cancers with mutations in the BRCA breast cancer genes could also work against t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 11, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The human connectome can be described as a map of the millions of connections between all of the neurons in the brain. M
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim