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Genetic Modification
Genetic modification is the way toward modifying the hereditary cosmetics of a life form either in a roundabout way by particular rearing and hereditary intersection or straightforwardly by quality focusing on. In present day times, creatures are all the more generally changed by quality altering.
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JUN 07, 2016Videos
While genetically modified (GMO) fruits and vegetables have been on supermarket shelves for sometime, a genetically modi ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A web service named GAM (Genes and Metabolites) by its developers is now available to the public for use. The program wa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2016Infographics
As we grow and develop, very specific chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of our genome at strategic times ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 25, 2016Plants & Animals
People cringe at the idea of unnatural food, and by that I mean genetically modified food. On the other hand, there isn& ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 25, 2016Microbiology
A bacterium called Burkholderia multivorans adapts and changes in bursts in order to survive in the lungs of cystic fibr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are learning not to dismiss something just because they do not understand it. In the realm of studying non-c ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging is a very complex degenerative process whereby the cellular homeostasis of an organism begins to break down in an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2016Health & Medicine
Whether spontaneous or due to genetic predisposition, occurrence of pulmonary hypertension is very detrimental to heart ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists are reviving an 18th century therapy involving maggots and adding their own 21st century twist to treat infec ...MAR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
The genetic culprit behind a rare recessive disorder has been identified, further allowing for great reaches into person ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
With an enhanced form of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, scientists were able to read the genome of induced pluripotent stem cel ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described ...FEB 25, 2016Genetics & Genomics
More than half of “standard farmed pigs” infected with African Swine Fever die, but their warthog and bushpi ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 17, 2016Genetics & Genomics
New discoveries have shown that although DNA sticks to “AGCT,” RNA contains modified nucleotides that &ldquo ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 02, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Single-stranded molecules of DNA called “aptamers” have been studied since 1990 for their ability to bind an ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 02, 2016Immunology
Polio is close to being eradicated, and once it is, scientists want to keep it that way. The live attenuated polio vacci ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2015Videos
Have scientists found a cancer-fighting algae that kills 90% of cancerous cells? Yes, and no. As the video explains, sci ...SEP 03, 2015Neuroscience
A German-French team has developed a light-sensitive switch to regulate a protein involved in the neurobiology of synapt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 05, 2015Genetics & Genomics
While skeletal muscle is abundant in the human body, it been difficult for researchers to derive muscle cells from precu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Personalized medicine could get a big boost from a new technique that is said to reduce the number of cells needed for e ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 27, 2015Cancer
While most scientists have viewed genetic aberrations as the primary cause of almost all cancer, a new study of ovarian ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 14, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Understanding the function of certain groups of non-coding RNAs will lead to a greater understanding of how certain illn ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Given new advances in genetic engineering, we now have the ability to edit DNA better than ever before. As part of havin ...Written By: Jennifer EllisAPR 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Johns Hopkins have found that neurons are not risk-averse, if fact, they use minor "DNA surgeries" to to ...Written By: Judy O'Rourke
JUN 07, 2016
Videos
While genetically modified (GMO) fruits and vegetables have been on supermarket shelves for sometime, a genetically modi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A web service named GAM (Genes and Metabolites) by its developers is now available to the public for use. The program wa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2016
Infographics
As we grow and develop, very specific chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of our genome at strategic times
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
People cringe at the idea of unnatural food, and by that I mean genetically modified food. On the other hand, there isn&
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 25, 2016
Microbiology
A bacterium called Burkholderia multivorans adapts and changes in bursts in order to survive in the lungs of cystic fibr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are learning not to dismiss something just because they do not understand it. In the realm of studying non-c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging is a very complex degenerative process whereby the cellular homeostasis of an organism begins to break down in an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
Whether spontaneous or due to genetic predisposition, occurrence of pulmonary hypertension is very detrimental to heart
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
The genetic culprit behind a rare recessive disorder has been identified, further allowing for great reaches into person
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
With an enhanced form of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, scientists were able to read the genome of induced pluripotent stem cel
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described
...
FEB 25, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
More than half of “standard farmed pigs” infected with African Swine Fever die, but their warthog and bushpi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 17, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
New discoveries have shown that although DNA sticks to “AGCT,” RNA contains modified nucleotides that &ldquo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 02, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Single-stranded molecules of DNA called “aptamers” have been studied since 1990 for their ability to bind an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 02, 2016
Immunology
Polio is close to being eradicated, and once it is, scientists want to keep it that way. The live attenuated polio vacci
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2015
Videos
Have scientists found a cancer-fighting algae that kills 90% of cancerous cells? Yes, and no. As the video explains, sci
...
SEP 03, 2015
Neuroscience
A German-French team has developed a light-sensitive switch to regulate a protein involved in the neurobiology of synapt
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 05, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
While skeletal muscle is abundant in the human body, it been difficult for researchers to derive muscle cells from precu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Personalized medicine could get a big boost from a new technique that is said to reduce the number of cells needed for e
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 27, 2015
Cancer
While most scientists have viewed genetic aberrations as the primary cause of almost all cancer, a new study of ovarian
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 14, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Understanding the function of certain groups of non-coding RNAs will lead to a greater understanding of how certain illn
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Given new advances in genetic engineering, we now have the ability to edit DNA better than ever before. As part of havin
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
APR 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Johns Hopkins have found that neurons are not risk-averse, if fact, they use minor "DNA surgeries" to to
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke