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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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MAR 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 02, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as s ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 27, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria don't have intellect, but that doesn't stop them from recalling the past. Specifically, those times they're bom ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As an embryo is developing early on, cells and tissues for the person it will become are being formed for all time. Thes ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 27, 2015Microbiology
Researchers at the University of York, UK, are part of a team of scientists that has discovered how bacteria can restart ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 26, 2015Neuroscience
A single gene may have helped pave the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of n ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 26, 2015Cardiology
Inflammation - the body's response to damaging stimuli - may have a protective effect against cardiovascular disease, ac ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A massive worldwide analysis of genetic data from almost 340,000 people around the world has brought understanding of th ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Cancer
In greater than 90 percent of cases in which treatment for metastatic cancer fails, the reason is that the cancer is res ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Microbiology
Up to one million people -- mainly pregnant woman and young children -- are killed each year by the Plasmodium falciparu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A treasure trove of findings on epigenomics, recently reported in the journal Nature, offers a useful guide for future s ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
There are some 1,900 locations in the human genome that produce microRNAs (miRNAs), the small and powerful non-coding mo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Videos
Scientists have created a new molecule they believe can prevent HIV from infecting cells by strengthening DNA through ge ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The FDA has approved the Bloom Syndrome carrier test from 23andMe, Mountain View, Calif, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) gene ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 16, 2015Health & Medicine
While it has long been known that obesity can negatively affect health in terms of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 13, 2015Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 09, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Health professionals have long known the effects of stress on the human body. Stress can cause cardiac problems, high bl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 01, 2015Videos
The job of the mRNA is to carry the gene's message from the DNA out of the nucleus to a ribosome for production of the p ...Written By: Greg CruikshankJAN 29, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology have found that a normal cell process is disrupted ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 15, 2015Health & Medicine
The combination of colder winter weather in some areas and the holidays can create a one two punch of too much food and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 02, 2015
Microbiology
Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as s
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 27, 2015
Microbiology
Bacteria don't have intellect, but that doesn't stop them from recalling the past. Specifically, those times they're bom
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As an embryo is developing early on, cells and tissues for the person it will become are being formed for all time. Thes
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Genetically engineered T memory stem cells (Tscm) can last more than 12 years in patients' bodies, and can continually g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 27, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of York, UK, are part of a team of scientists that has discovered how bacteria can restart
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 26, 2015
Neuroscience
A single gene may have helped pave the way for the rise of human intelligence by dramatically increasing the number of n
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 26, 2015
Cardiology
Inflammation - the body's response to damaging stimuli - may have a protective effect against cardiovascular disease, ac
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A massive worldwide analysis of genetic data from almost 340,000 people around the world has brought understanding of th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 25, 2015
Cancer
In greater than 90 percent of cases in which treatment for metastatic cancer fails, the reason is that the cancer is res
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 25, 2015
Microbiology
Up to one million people -- mainly pregnant woman and young children -- are killed each year by the Plasmodium falciparu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A treasure trove of findings on epigenomics, recently reported in the journal Nature, offers a useful guide for future s
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
There are some 1,900 locations in the human genome that produce microRNAs (miRNAs), the small and powerful non-coding mo
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Videos
Scientists have created a new molecule they believe can prevent HIV from infecting cells by strengthening DNA through ge
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The FDA has approved the Bloom Syndrome carrier test from 23andMe, Mountain View, Calif, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) gene
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...
The size of the human brain expan ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 16, 2015
Health & Medicine
While it has long been known that obesity can negatively affect health in terms of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While tens of millions of people have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cave
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 09, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Health professionals have long known the effects of stress on the human body. Stress can cause cardiac problems, high bl
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 01, 2015
Videos
The job of the mRNA is to carry the gene's message from the DNA out of the nucleus to a ribosome for production of the p
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
JAN 29, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists at the A*STAR Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology have found that a normal cell process is disrupted
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
The combination of colder winter weather in some areas and the holidays can create a one two punch of too much food and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim