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Genetic Engineering
Genetic engineering: is the direct operation/manipulation of an organism's genes using biotechnological methods. Also known as genetic modification or genetic manipulation.
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APR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To confirm the presence of cancerous tissues, doctors often have to rely on biopsies, which can be painful and highly in ...MAR 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 29, 2016Cancer
When cells migrate, they sometimes have to squeeze themselves through tiny openings. The mechanical stress of this can r ...MAR 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists are reviving an 18th century therapy involving maggots and adding their own 21st century twist to treat infec ...MAR 26, 2016Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge ...MAR 25, 2016Microbiology
Craig Venter wants to know all about essential genes. To do this, Venter and colleagues need to create a synthetic cell ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can turn the patient’s immune system against Alzheimer’s dise ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 17, 2016Cardiology
Although the idea of a “cyborg heart patch” sounds like a stretch, Tel Aviv University scientists have made ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugeni ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a new, less expensive, and faster method to determine the DNA sequence of the male-specific Y ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Dramatic remissions have been seen in a cancer immunotherapy trial for patients with blood cancers. Specifically, ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 15, 2016Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 12, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have transformed mouse fibroblasts, the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, into induce ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 10, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Screening large “libraries” of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful meth ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)FEB 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have developed a map of genetic differences across the genome of date palms, which produce the Middle East&rs ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Ever wonder how the money raised by the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS was used? Among other things, the money helped fund ...FEB 04, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells rarely spread on their own, preferring to travel in groups from their original tumor site, a new study with ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 21, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have gained insight into how developing cells switch to a specialized state and how the process might go wro ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
The shiny skins of certain ribbonfish reflect light across a broad range of wavelengths, giving them a brilliant metalli ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties. But the tiny particles are much more inter ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 19, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope ...DEC 10, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro ...DEC 06, 2015Videos
The term "gene drives" refers to the ability of specific genes to "drive" themselves as well as nearby genes through pop ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
APR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To confirm the presence of cancerous tissues, doctors often have to rely on biopsies, which can be painful and highly in
...
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2016
Cancer
When cells migrate, they sometimes have to squeeze themselves through tiny openings. The mechanical stress of this can r
...
MAR 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists are reviving an 18th century therapy involving maggots and adding their own 21st century twist to treat infec
...
MAR 26, 2016
Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge
...
MAR 25, 2016
Microbiology
Craig Venter wants to know all about essential genes. To do this, Venter and colleagues need to create a synthetic cell
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can turn the patient’s immune system against Alzheimer’s dise
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 17, 2016
Cardiology
Although the idea of a “cyborg heart patch” sounds like a stretch, Tel Aviv University scientists have made
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugeni
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a new, less expensive, and faster method to determine the DNA sequence of the male-specific Y
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Dramatic remissions have been seen in a cancer immunotherapy trial for patients with blood cancers. Specifically,
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have transformed mouse fibroblasts, the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, into induce
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 10, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Screening large “libraries” of compounds to find those with a desired biological activity is a powerful meth
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
FEB 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have developed a map of genetic differences across the genome of date palms, which produce the Middle East&rs
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ever wonder how the money raised by the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS was used? Among other things, the money helped fund
...
FEB 04, 2016
Cancer
Cancer cells rarely spread on their own, preferring to travel in groups from their original tumor site, a new study with
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have gained insight into how developing cells switch to a specialized state and how the process might go wro
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
The shiny skins of certain ribbonfish reflect light across a broad range of wavelengths, giving them a brilliant metalli
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties. But the tiny particles are much more inter
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 19, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope
...
DEC 10, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro
...
DEC 06, 2015
Videos
The term "gene drives" refers to the ability of specific genes to "drive" themselves as well as nearby genes through pop
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich