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Gene: is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function. During gene expression, the DNA is first copied into RNA. The RNA can be directly functional or be the intermediate template for a protein that performs a function.
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JUN 05, 2018Cancer
Phase III clinical trial research shows evidence that early breast cancer patients with common breast cancer type do not ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 04, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
An emerging field of study, molecular engineering, has many potential applications; where this research will lead is unk ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2018Cardiology
Heart defects are the most common congenital defect, yet scientists still struggle to understand why they occur. A new s ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2018Immunology
The unique activity of estrogen hormones and their cell receptors in the female body may explain why women are more like ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2018Health & Medicine
Babies and young children need to be kept safe by the adults in their lives, however keeping them in a germ-free environ ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 31, 2018Genetics & Genomics
While investigating how the human brain evolved, scientists found a region of the genome about which little is known; th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare inherited disorder that results an amino acid known as phenylalanine to build up in the ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 29, 2018Microbiology
Abdominal fat is a major risk factor for disease. New work could help find those at risk for increased belly fat, and he ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of as a waste product that caused pain, a new review suggests lactate has many important roles in normal ce ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2018Videos
We start out as a clump of generic cells, but at some point, cells have to start taking on special features and function ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have found evidence that it's not a bacterium, but one of its toxins, that is connected to, and possibly caus ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2018Cancer
Wilms tumors occur in young children and treatment for lung metastases has included radiotherapy. A Phase III Clinical ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 28, 2018Neuroscience
The human brain has a big job. It runs every system of the body, 24/7/365 and it does so better than any supercomputer o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 27, 2018Genetics & Genomics
One way cells regulate their genome is with epigenetic tags, reversible markers that can help control when and where gen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2018Videos
Scientists have found that some genes are still active after death, when some cells haven't gotten the signal that the o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2018Microbiology
There are several factors blamed for the rise of antibiotic resistance, and now it seems that climate change and populat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2018Cardiology
The development of the Zebrafish has revealed the blueprint for the chambers of our human heart. The discovery has revea ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 24, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have recently learned more about HIV by studying the evolutionary race between a virus and an anti-viral prot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers made an animal remember something that hadn't happened to it.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2018Immunology
There might be a link between Tuberculosis (TB) and Parkinson’s according to a study published in The EMBO Journal ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 23, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
As the lens forms during development, its cells have to degrade some of their own parts.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia can be a debilitating disease, and for many years, researchers have been trying to understand more about w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing rare disorders is often extremely challenging. Now scientists have developed a new tool for that purpose.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 22, 2018Microbiology
Strep throat is caused by a common bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes. That bacterium can also cause flesh-eating d ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2018
Cancer
Phase III clinical trial research shows evidence that early breast cancer patients with common breast cancer type do not
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 04, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
An emerging field of study, molecular engineering, has many potential applications; where this research will lead is unk
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2018
Cardiology
Heart defects are the most common congenital defect, yet scientists still struggle to understand why they occur. A new s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2018
Immunology
The unique activity of estrogen hormones and their cell receptors in the female body may explain why women are more like
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2018
Health & Medicine
Babies and young children need to be kept safe by the adults in their lives, however keeping them in a germ-free environ
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 31, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
While investigating how the human brain evolved, scientists found a region of the genome about which little is known; th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare inherited disorder that results an amino acid known as phenylalanine to build up in the
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 29, 2018
Microbiology
Abdominal fat is a major risk factor for disease. New work could help find those at risk for increased belly fat, and he
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of as a waste product that caused pain, a new review suggests lactate has many important roles in normal ce
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2018
Videos
We start out as a clump of generic cells, but at some point, cells have to start taking on special features and function
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have found evidence that it's not a bacterium, but one of its toxins, that is connected to, and possibly caus
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2018
Cancer
Wilms tumors occur in young children and treatment for lung metastases has included radiotherapy. A Phase III Clinical
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 28, 2018
Neuroscience
The human brain has a big job. It runs every system of the body, 24/7/365 and it does so better than any supercomputer o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 27, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
One way cells regulate their genome is with epigenetic tags, reversible markers that can help control when and where gen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2018
Videos
Scientists have found that some genes are still active after death, when some cells haven't gotten the signal that the o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2018
Microbiology
There are several factors blamed for the rise of antibiotic resistance, and now it seems that climate change and populat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2018
Cardiology
The development of the Zebrafish has revealed the blueprint for the chambers of our human heart. The discovery has revea
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 24, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have recently learned more about HIV by studying the evolutionary race between a virus and an anti-viral prot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers made an animal remember something that hadn't happened to it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2018
Immunology
There might be a link between Tuberculosis (TB) and Parkinson’s according to a study published in The EMBO Journal
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the lens forms during development, its cells have to degrade some of their own parts.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia can be a debilitating disease, and for many years, researchers have been trying to understand more about w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing rare disorders is often extremely challenging. Now scientists have developed a new tool for that purpose.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2018
Microbiology
Strep throat is caused by a common bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes. That bacterium can also cause flesh-eating d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch