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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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NOV 29, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have identified a protein that binds to LDL cholesterol and helps transport it. Blocking the protein might of ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
An organism is dependent on the replenishment and maintenance of cellular proteins in order to survive. One family of pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2016Immunology
Hepatitis C virus protects itself from the immune system by blocking signals that trigger a response in liver cells. Sci ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 27, 2016Videos
Plants use sunlight in photosynthesis, but they also have a sort of sunscreen, a shield to protect themselves from sun o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
First detected by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, there are strange droplets in the cytoplasm of cells that are not well ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2016Videos
You may have heard of cell transfection, a common technique used in molecular biology research and beyond. In this video ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2016Microbiology
Diplonemids are tiny, single celled organisms that are members of the protozoa kingdom, and were basically ignored by th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2016Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid ...NOV 24, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Controlling Chronic Inflammation with UV Light to Quell Disease SymptomsWritten By: Jennifer EllisNOV 23, 2016Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Cancer
To study the effect of constant, chronic jet lag on health risks, scientists at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas ...NOV 23, 2016Cardiology
As if a heart attack weren’t traumatic enough, the tissue injury that follows can cause irreparable damage to hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2016Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2016Cardiology
Some people inherit genes that increase their risk for heart disease. Can a traditional “healthy” lifestyle ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2016Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more common, and researchers have now discovered minute levels of resistant m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For women at high risk for cervical cancer, Hopkins researchers say they have a new diagnostic test that’s both no ...NOV 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A study published in Cell demonstrated how the brains of patients with different kinds of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2016Microbiology
Using a special type of microscopy, researchers were able to capture changes in the nucleus of nerve cells as they under ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood ...NOV 19, 2016Cancer
Rhabdoid meningiomas are among one of the most aggressive brain cancer types. Furthermore, doctors have a difficult time ...NOV 18, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can communicate information about population density to one another through a phenomenon called quorum sensing, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2016Cardiology
How do heart cells follow their genetic programming to create a heart? What can mice hearts do to help scientists unders ...Written By: Kara Marker
NOV 29, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists have identified a protein that binds to LDL cholesterol and helps transport it. Blocking the protein might of
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
An organism is dependent on the replenishment and maintenance of cellular proteins in order to survive. One family of pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2016
Immunology
Hepatitis C virus protects itself from the immune system by blocking signals that trigger a response in liver cells. Sci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 27, 2016
Videos
Plants use sunlight in photosynthesis, but they also have a sort of sunscreen, a shield to protect themselves from sun o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
First detected by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, there are strange droplets in the cytoplasm of cells that are not well
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2016
Videos
You may have heard of cell transfection, a common technique used in molecular biology research and beyond. In this video
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2016
Microbiology
Diplonemids are tiny, single celled organisms that are members of the protozoa kingdom, and were basically ignored by th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2016
Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid
...
NOV 24, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Controlling Chronic Inflammation with UV Light to Quell Disease Symptoms
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 23, 2016
Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Cancer
To study the effect of constant, chronic jet lag on health risks, scientists at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas
...
NOV 23, 2016
Cardiology
As if a heart attack weren’t traumatic enough, the tissue injury that follows can cause irreparable damage to hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2016
Cardiology
Some people inherit genes that increase their risk for heart disease. Can a traditional “healthy” lifestyle
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2016
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are becoming more common, and researchers have now discovered minute levels of resistant m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For women at high risk for cervical cancer, Hopkins researchers say they have a new diagnostic test that’s both no
...
NOV 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A study published in Cell demonstrated how the brains of patients with different kinds of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2016
Microbiology
Using a special type of microscopy, researchers were able to capture changes in the nucleus of nerve cells as they under
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Microbiology
Rising antibiotic resistance is considered a major public health threat; one that the United Nations has taken notice of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a historic, landmark clinical trial, Chinese researchers injected a patient with a shot of CRISPR-edited white blood
...
NOV 19, 2016
Cancer
Rhabdoid meningiomas are among one of the most aggressive brain cancer types. Furthermore, doctors have a difficult time
...
NOV 18, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Bacteria can communicate information about population density to one another through a phenomenon called quorum sensing,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2016
Cardiology
How do heart cells follow their genetic programming to create a heart? What can mice hearts do to help scientists unders
...
Written By:
Kara Marker