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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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JUL 22, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
To study biology, researchers need models. Once those models might have been a bit limited to organisms like rats or mic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2021Microbiology
As the climate warms and long-frozen surfaces begin to thaw, scientists are finding ancient animals and organisms. In so ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Even Giant Galapagos Tortoises, (seen here migrating in a photo by Juan Manuel GarcÃa) are not safe from the world's ant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2021Technology
Researchers are leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to help improve the rate at which drugs move suc ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUL 20, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotics are a standard treatment for bacterial infections, but more and more of these bacterial infections can't be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2021Neuroscience
Genetics holds crucial information about how much sleep we needJUL 19, 2021Microbiology
Viral infections are difficult to treat - antibiotics only work against bacteria - and there are few effective antibodie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our environment is full of DNA molecules. While researchers have become concerned about DNA waste material that's ac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Genetic tools have enabled scientists to assess the evolution of humans through DNA, and researchers have shown that mod ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2021Microbiology
Scientists have been revealing the importance of gut bacteria; the huge numbers of bacterial species in our gastrointest ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
We now know that COVID-19 can cause a range of symptoms. Some of these problems are taking months to clear up in patient ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The human microbiome is intimately connected to our health; the genes and proteins expressed by gut microbes can influen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics are the parts of the genome that can affect the activity of genes but don't involve making changes to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
The human heart begins to beat in utero in the early weeks of development and continues throughout life. In an average l ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizJUL 14, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Nature is in decline; the planet has lost a tremendous amount of biodiversity over the past few years due to human actio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been developing gene therapies that can help restore vision that's lost due to a problem with a gene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
The more we learn abut the gut microbiome, the more it seems that the microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Household pets may act as a reservoir for mcr-1, a gene that is resistant to a last-resort antibiotic, colistin. The fin ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher likelihood myeloid leukemia occurring in the first five years of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been investigating whether silent mutations have a biological impact. We know that proteins are made of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2021Cancer
Pharmacological activation of the p53 protein in cancer cells leads to an anti-tumor immune response in lab tests. These ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 07, 2021Cancer
Researchers from Australia have found that the conventional chemotherapy used to treat various cancers disrupts the comp ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Breaks in DNA are typically associated with harmful conditions, and the cell has ways to repair this damage. But it's be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Folate is necessary for a healthy pregnancy; low folate levels can lead to neural tube defects. A lack of folate, a nutr ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
To study biology, researchers need models. Once those models might have been a bit limited to organisms like rats or mic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2021
Microbiology
As the climate warms and long-frozen surfaces begin to thaw, scientists are finding ancient animals and organisms. In so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Even Giant Galapagos Tortoises, (seen here migrating in a photo by Juan Manuel GarcÃa) are not safe from the world's ant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2021
Technology
Researchers are leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to help improve the rate at which drugs move suc
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUL 20, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotics are a standard treatment for bacterial infections, but more and more of these bacterial infections can't be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2021
Neuroscience
Genetics holds crucial information about how much sleep we need
JUL 19, 2021
Microbiology
Viral infections are difficult to treat - antibiotics only work against bacteria - and there are few effective antibodie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our environment is full of DNA molecules. While researchers have become concerned about DNA waste material that's ac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic tools have enabled scientists to assess the evolution of humans through DNA, and researchers have shown that mod
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2021
Microbiology
Scientists have been revealing the importance of gut bacteria; the huge numbers of bacterial species in our gastrointest
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
We now know that COVID-19 can cause a range of symptoms. Some of these problems are taking months to clear up in patient
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The human microbiome is intimately connected to our health; the genes and proteins expressed by gut microbes can influen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Epigenetics are the parts of the genome that can affect the activity of genes but don't involve making changes to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
The human heart begins to beat in utero in the early weeks of development and continues throughout life. In an average l
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
JUL 14, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Nature is in decline; the planet has lost a tremendous amount of biodiversity over the past few years due to human actio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been developing gene therapies that can help restore vision that's lost due to a problem with a gene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
The more we learn abut the gut microbiome, the more it seems that the microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Household pets may act as a reservoir for mcr-1, a gene that is resistant to a last-resort antibiotic, colistin. The fin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher likelihood myeloid leukemia occurring in the first five years of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been investigating whether silent mutations have a biological impact. We know that proteins are made of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2021
Cancer
Pharmacological activation of the p53 protein in cancer cells leads to an anti-tumor immune response in lab tests. These
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 07, 2021
Cancer
Researchers from Australia have found that the conventional chemotherapy used to treat various cancers disrupts the comp
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Breaks in DNA are typically associated with harmful conditions, and the cell has ways to repair this damage. But it's be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Folate is necessary for a healthy pregnancy; low folate levels can lead to neural tube defects. A lack of folate, a nutr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch