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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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FEB 03, 2021Microbiology
Bacteria are survivors, and they can find ways to get around stuff we use to kill them, like disinfectants and antibioti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2021Cancer
Research published last month in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics details a new mechanism for delivering pancreatic c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 01, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that a simple genetic test could be a huge benefit to public health; it could tell clinicians ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Humans are far more likely to get several types of cancerous tumors than our closest evolutionary cousins, chimpanzees. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The characteristics of a cell and an organism are largely due to the genes that they express. When genes are active, the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
These variants can raise, or lower the risk of the disease, and now researchers have learned how they work.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from McGill University have discovered one of the possible mechanisms by which lysergic acid diethylamide (L ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 26, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to explain why a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be so differen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, scientists have relied on cells that grow in dishes and animal models to learn more about human diseases ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Cells in our body share the same genes. But how those genes are expressed can dictate the fate of a cell. For ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 24, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have identified a hormone that is generated during exercise, and they determined that when mice are treated w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now characterized a genetic disorder called linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embryon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many different types of cells make up the human body, and the Human Cell Atlas is an initiative that has been aiming to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Calculating an individual’s risk of developing breast cancer isn’t easy. There’s a complex interplay b ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 21, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Cats love catnip and silver vine; the cat-attracting plants are treats that make cats excited and happy. Big cats also f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Paralysis due to spinal cord damage remains an irreparable condition. However, a new therapeutic approach may bring rene ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Cancer and genetics are linked; for example, when a cell's genome accumulates mutations it can begin to divide uncon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at Washington State University have uncovered a genetic link between fathers and children with autism spectr ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The platypus is a near-threatened species from eastern Australia and Tasmania. It's considered a mammal because it grows ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Traumatic brain injury, which can happen after a blow to the head, has been called a silent epidemic and is the number o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Kabuki syndrome is a rare multisystemic disorder that causes delays in growth, distinctive facial features, short statur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2021Cancer
Research published recently in Nature Communications looks into the role that circadian rhythms play on prostate cancer ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of primarily as an intermediary between the coding portions of DNA and proteins, our understanding of RNA a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 14, 2021Microbiology
Valid scientific conclusions require a solid foundation of good data that comes from reliable techniques. Studies that i ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2021
Microbiology
Bacteria are survivors, and they can find ways to get around stuff we use to kill them, like disinfectants and antibioti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2021
Cancer
Research published last month in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics details a new mechanism for delivering pancreatic c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 01, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that a simple genetic test could be a huge benefit to public health; it could tell clinicians
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Humans are far more likely to get several types of cancerous tumors than our closest evolutionary cousins, chimpanzees.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The characteristics of a cell and an organism are largely due to the genes that they express. When genes are active, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
These variants can raise, or lower the risk of the disease, and now researchers have learned how they work.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from McGill University have discovered one of the possible mechanisms by which lysergic acid diethylamide (L
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 26, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to explain why a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be so differen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, scientists have relied on cells that grow in dishes and animal models to learn more about human diseases
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Cells in our body share the same genes. But how those genes are expressed can dictate the fate of a cell. For
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 24, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have identified a hormone that is generated during exercise, and they determined that when mice are treated w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now characterized a genetic disorder called linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embryon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many different types of cells make up the human body, and the Human Cell Atlas is an initiative that has been aiming to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Calculating an individual’s risk of developing breast cancer isn’t easy. There’s a complex interplay b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 21, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cats love catnip and silver vine; the cat-attracting plants are treats that make cats excited and happy. Big cats also f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Paralysis due to spinal cord damage remains an irreparable condition. However, a new therapeutic approach may bring rene
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer and genetics are linked; for example, when a cell's genome accumulates mutations it can begin to divide uncon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at Washington State University have uncovered a genetic link between fathers and children with autism spectr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The platypus is a near-threatened species from eastern Australia and Tasmania. It's considered a mammal because it grows
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Traumatic brain injury, which can happen after a blow to the head, has been called a silent epidemic and is the number o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Kabuki syndrome is a rare multisystemic disorder that causes delays in growth, distinctive facial features, short statur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2021
Cancer
Research published recently in Nature Communications looks into the role that circadian rhythms play on prostate cancer
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of primarily as an intermediary between the coding portions of DNA and proteins, our understanding of RNA a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2021
Microbiology
Valid scientific conclusions require a solid foundation of good data that comes from reliable techniques. Studies that i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch