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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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OCT 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno ...OCT 17, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Following a heart attack, cells of the heart muscle tissue are in danger of damage and death, because the tissue is left ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 16, 2017Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in ChinaWritten By: Sarah HertrichOCT 14, 2017Chemistry & Physics
The structure of the huntingtin protein. Credit: Washington University in St. Louis An international team of scientists ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 12, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
While rabies is a treatable disease, it still kills as many as 59,000 people every year. The virus causes behavior chang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sc ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Durian is a favorite fruit in Asia, nicknamed the king of fruits. It has a legendary, pungent aroma.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Chromosomes have to be organized through a process called loop extrusion, and scientists have found the motor driving th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The most common cancer of the blood is lymphoma, but that designation encompasses a wide range of illnesses.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2017Immunology
Cells that are infected with a virus sacrifice themselves, dying before the virus has a chance to use the cell’s o ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2017Plants & Animals
In the 1980’s, researchers from West Africa discovered a distinctive songbird dubbed the Liberian Greenbul (Phylla ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 03, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have been looking for ways to image brain activity in animals that are not only alive but behaving normally ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2017Health & Medicine
One drug, LCZ696, is a physician’s first choice to treat chronic heart failure. But now researchers have reason to ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 02, 2017Immunology
Miscommunication between the nervous system and the immune system leads to the coughing and wheezing known all too well ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 01, 2017Microbiology
Research has found a backup plan that cells use when the immune response is being evaded by pathogenic bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our DNA contains thousands of genes, and it is critical that the correct genes are expressed in the right places at the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2017Cancer
A recent study brings good news and bad news for mutations in the FANCM gene. The good news is that people with mutation ...SEP 28, 2017Plants & Animals
You were raised thinking about dinosaurs as massive reptilian creatures, and Hollywood certainly reinforced those ideas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 27, 2017Videos
While many medical research projects involve animals, pigs are not normally what most people expect. A group of genetica ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 26, 2017Neuroscience
Brain cancer, in all of its forms, is a highly aggressive form of the disease, that has proven difficult to access and t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 26, 2017Health & Medicine
Following a heart attack, healthy heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, die and transform into scar tissue cells, c ...Written By: Kara Marker
OCT 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno
...
OCT 17, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Following a heart attack, cells of the heart muscle tissue are in danger of damage and death, because the tissue is left
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 16, 2017
Microbiology
E. coli harboring the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene (mcr-1) isolated from retail vegetables in China
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The structure of the huntingtin protein. Credit: Washington University in St. Louis An international team of scientists
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
While rabies is a treatable disease, it still kills as many as 59,000 people every year. The virus causes behavior chang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson. Credit: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sc
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Durian is a favorite fruit in Asia, nicknamed the king of fruits. It has a legendary, pungent aroma.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chromosomes have to be organized through a process called loop extrusion, and scientists have found the motor driving th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The most common cancer of the blood is lymphoma, but that designation encompasses a wide range of illnesses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2017
Immunology
Cells that are infected with a virus sacrifice themselves, dying before the virus has a chance to use the cell’s o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
In the 1980’s, researchers from West Africa discovered a distinctive songbird dubbed the Liberian Greenbul (Phylla
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 03, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have been looking for ways to image brain activity in animals that are not only alive but behaving normally
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2017
Health & Medicine
One drug, LCZ696, is a physician’s first choice to treat chronic heart failure. But now researchers have reason to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 02, 2017
Immunology
Miscommunication between the nervous system and the immune system leads to the coughing and wheezing known all too well
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 01, 2017
Microbiology
Research has found a backup plan that cells use when the immune response is being evaded by pathogenic bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our DNA contains thousands of genes, and it is critical that the correct genes are expressed in the right places at the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2017
Cancer
A recent study brings good news and bad news for mutations in the FANCM gene. The good news is that people with mutation
...
SEP 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
You were raised thinking about dinosaurs as massive reptilian creatures, and Hollywood certainly reinforced those ideas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 27, 2017
Videos
While many medical research projects involve animals, pigs are not normally what most people expect. A group of genetica
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 26, 2017
Neuroscience
Brain cancer, in all of its forms, is a highly aggressive form of the disease, that has proven difficult to access and t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
Following a heart attack, healthy heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, die and transform into scar tissue cells, c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker