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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 16, 2016Cancer
LA JOLLA, CA – November 16, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) de ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have discovered a new protein that provides a critical link between ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2016Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 15, 2016Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – November 15, 2016 – Autism is an agonizing puzzle, a complex mixture of genetic and environmen ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 14, 2016Immunology
Interferon drugs have long been used as treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease where damaged nerv ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 14, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Developmental Cell by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has demonstrated that a protein known ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2016Cardiology
Three known transcription factors are capable of reprogramming connective tissue in the heart to transform scar tissue i ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 14, 2016Neuroscience
The spinal cord is the pathway between the brain and the rest of the body. Much like a super highway, messages for muscl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells cannot constantly divide; they must be able to exist in a suspended state in which they are metabolically active b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2016Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Living organisms, from plants to fungi to animals, have a circadian rhythm – a 24 hour cycle of physiological even ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory hope to squash any preconceived notions that the occasional cigarette ...NOV 09, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A new report in Nature has shed some light on the process of necroptosis, a type of programmed cell death that is regula ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2016Neuroscience
Research into the causes and possible treatments for autism is at the forefront of neuroscience. With numbers like 1 in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 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 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry outlines how certain cells in the intestine, enterocytes, ...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 02, 2016Cancer
Increasingly, doctors are recognizing the impact of genetic differences on disease and treatment outcomes. This realizat ...NOV 01, 2016Cardiology
Two interactive proteins were discovered in connection to atherosclerosis-related macrophage activation, according to a ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 31, 2016Cardiology
Needle pricks instead of popping pills? Maybe. A new study from the University of California, Irvine’s Susan Samue ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 31, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – October 31, 2016 – In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic vi ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 30, 2016Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2016
Cancer
LA JOLLA, CA – November 16, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) de
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have discovered a new protein that provides a critical link between
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2016
Immunology
Every day the cells of the human immune system have to make a decision: self or foreign? The wrong decision leads to aut
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 15, 2016
Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – November 15, 2016 – Autism is an agonizing puzzle, a complex mixture of genetic and environmen
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 14, 2016
Immunology
Interferon drugs have long been used as treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease where damaged nerv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Developmental Cell by researchers at Johns Hopkins University has demonstrated that a protein known
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2016
Cardiology
Three known transcription factors are capable of reprogramming connective tissue in the heart to transform scar tissue i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 14, 2016
Neuroscience
The spinal cord is the pathway between the brain and the rest of the body. Much like a super highway, messages for muscl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells cannot constantly divide; they must be able to exist in a suspended state in which they are metabolically active b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2016
Microbiology
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the bacterium Francisella tularensis is highly infectious, and can s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are hard at work improving immune cells called T cells, which are naturally designed to recognize and target
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Living organisms, from plants to fungi to animals, have a circadian rhythm – a 24 hour cycle of physiological even
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory hope to squash any preconceived notions that the occasional cigarette
...
NOV 09, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new report in Nature has shed some light on the process of necroptosis, a type of programmed cell death that is regula
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2016
Neuroscience
Research into the causes and possible treatments for autism is at the forefront of neuroscience. With numbers like 1 in
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry outlines how certain cells in the intestine, enterocytes,
...
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 02, 2016
Cancer
Increasingly, doctors are recognizing the impact of genetic differences on disease and treatment outcomes. This realizat
...
NOV 01, 2016
Cardiology
Two interactive proteins were discovered in connection to atherosclerosis-related macrophage activation, according to a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2016
Cardiology
Needle pricks instead of popping pills? Maybe. A new study from the University of California, Irvine’s Susan Samue
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – October 31, 2016 – In a new study with broad implications for treating cancers and chronic vi
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 30, 2016
Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch