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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 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing technologies have rapidly advanced, reducing the time required to sequence the entire human genome fr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
We are exposed to a vast array of chemicals every day. Many are harmless or even important, like the air we breathe, wat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2020Microbiology
The Salmonella bacterium is to blame fora lot of foodborne infections, many of which cause only mild illness, though oth ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2020Earth & The Environment
A new study led by researchers from the University of Heidelberg in Germany details the mechanism by which the malaria-c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 29, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from George Mason University in Washington DC have created a synthetic molecule from Komodo Dragon blood tha ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2020Cancer
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is known to be a risk factor for liver cancer because of an excess of fat accumulation ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 25, 2020Genetics & Genomics
There are thought to be more than 94 million cats in the US alone. Researchers have now improved the reference genome se ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Ewing sarcoma is a rare kind of cancer that tends to impact young people and occurs in bones or the tissue around them. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes in our genome is controlled by many factors, one of which are chemical tags or structural changes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2020Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 24, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at the Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified two regions in our DNA that seem to contri ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 22, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2020Immunology
Despite being commonly used interchangeably, headaches and migraines are worlds apart. Migraines are by far much more pr ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 21, 2020Immunology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most progressive autoimmune diseases that affect the central nervous system where ...Written By: Heba El-wassefOCT 21, 2020Cannabis Sciences
While cannabinoids usually get attention for their recreational effects, these molecules play a role in several other pr ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 20, 2020Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2020Immunology
Scientists have a new theory about the genetics behind the progressive, debilitating effects of multiple sclerosi ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 19, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
To learn more about biology and medicine, researchers have used advances in molecular techniques and computational biolo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2020Cancer
Cancer is a disease characterized by DNA mutations. These mutations, while sometimes small, can cause havoc in a cell&rs ...Written By: Jasper CantrellOCT 19, 2020Microbiology
Cheese is made with microbes, and some of it has a very distinct smell. Scientists have now found that those smells actu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Traumatic experiences can have a lasting impact, and kids that suffer through them can feel the effects for a lifetime. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have found drug that a drug activates the body’s immune system by behaving like a virus and may make ce ...Written By: Nouran AminOCT 18, 2020Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Science Translational Medicine from scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Compr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing technologies have rapidly advanced, reducing the time required to sequence the entire human genome fr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We are exposed to a vast array of chemicals every day. Many are harmless or even important, like the air we breathe, wat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2020
Microbiology
The Salmonella bacterium is to blame fora lot of foodborne infections, many of which cause only mild illness, though oth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A new study led by researchers from the University of Heidelberg in Germany details the mechanism by which the malaria-c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 29, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from George Mason University in Washington DC have created a synthetic molecule from Komodo Dragon blood tha
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2020
Cancer
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is known to be a risk factor for liver cancer because of an excess of fat accumulation
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 25, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
There are thought to be more than 94 million cats in the US alone. Researchers have now improved the reference genome se
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Ewing sarcoma is a rare kind of cancer that tends to impact young people and occurs in bones or the tissue around them.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes in our genome is controlled by many factors, one of which are chemical tags or structural changes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Immunology
A team of researchers at Duke University have developed an imaging technology for tagging structures at a cellular level
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 24, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at the Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified two regions in our DNA that seem to contri
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 22, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Now that sequencing the whole human genome is easier, faster, and cheaper than it used to be, scientists have been able
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2020
Immunology
Despite being commonly used interchangeably, headaches and migraines are worlds apart. Migraines are by far much more pr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 21, 2020
Immunology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most progressive autoimmune diseases that affect the central nervous system where
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
OCT 21, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
While cannabinoids usually get attention for their recreational effects, these molecules play a role in several other pr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
In this photo by OceanX, researchers off the coast of Brazil collected Pyrosoma atlanticum specimens with a special robo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2020
Immunology
Scientists have a new theory about the genetics behind the progressive, debilitating effects of multiple sclerosi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 19, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
To learn more about biology and medicine, researchers have used advances in molecular techniques and computational biolo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2020
Cancer
Cancer is a disease characterized by DNA mutations. These mutations, while sometimes small, can cause havoc in a cell&rs
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
OCT 19, 2020
Microbiology
Cheese is made with microbes, and some of it has a very distinct smell. Scientists have now found that those smells actu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Traumatic experiences can have a lasting impact, and kids that suffer through them can feel the effects for a lifetime.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have found drug that a drug activates the body’s immune system by behaving like a virus and may make ce
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 18, 2020
Cancer
Research published recently in the journal Science Translational Medicine from scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Compr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan