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Molecular Biology
Molecular Biology: concerns the molecular basis of biological activity between biomolecules in the various systems of a cell, including the interactions between DNA, RNA, and proteins and their biosynthesis, as well as the regulation of these interactions. Molecular biology explores cells, their characteristics, parts, and chemical processes, and pays special attention to how molecules control a cell's activities and growth. Looking at the molecular machinery of life began in the early 1930s, but truly modern molecular biology emerged with the uncovering of the structure of DNA in the 1960s.
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JUN 05, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long sought to determine how life first arose on our planet, and finding an answer to that question coul ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2022Microbiology
We all know that kitchen sponges can harbor lots of microbes. Even when they're washed with detergent or heated in the m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2022Immunology
Our immune system is a crucial, and has to be ready to respond to a variety of external threats that we are constantly e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The Salmonella bacterium is a common cause of foodborne illness, and it isn't unusual to find strains of the microbe in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2022Immunology
As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, researchers isolated SARS-CoV-2 and began studying the virus. The information scie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There are about three billion bases in the human genome, and each letter is either an adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2022Microbiology
The battle against climate change is ongoing and will likely never end. Researchers and entrepreneurs have made incredib ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
How To Ship Your Lab Material Legally and Prevent Molecular Damage Written by Scott Weitze Shipping biological and molec ...MAY 31, 2022Microbiology
Even this juvenile nudibranch from Quadra Island, British Columbia, has a microbiome. / Image credit: Niels Van Steenkis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2022Neuroscience
Different parts of the brain have been carefully mapped, so we have some idea of what parts of the brain are used to per ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria, organelles popularly known as powerhouses, are found in every cell, and they are crucial to cell function. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2022Immunology
Our immune system uses T cells to rapidly identify and respond to different kinds of pathogens, whether they're viruses ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Scientists changed biomedical engineering and took gene editing to a new level when they created CRISPR-Cas9, which util ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2022Immunology
From birth, our immune system is ready to spring into action to protect us from pathogenic invaders. Like the rest of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2022Microbiology
The microbes in our gut have a significant impact on many aspects of our health. New research has indicated that bacteri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Some species of lizards can detach their tails from their bodies when they feel threatened. This common defense mechanis ...Written By: J. Bryce OrtizMAY 25, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The words “molecular biology” might sound intimidating to most, but it’s not quite as bad as you think ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 25, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene editing has Brough beneficial changes to many foods. Now, researchers have engineered a plant that produced tomatoe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2022Immunology
Diets that are high in fats and cholesterol have been associated with a variety of health problems, including an increas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2022Neuroscience
MIT researchers recently published a study in Brain Sciences that sheds light on neurocognitive functioning. In particul ...Written By: Kerry CharronMAY 24, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
In another advance for CRISPR technology, researchers have devised a way to edit genes in insects, including cockroaches ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2022Genetics & Genomics
You may have heard of haploid and diploid species, which carry one set of unpaired chromosomes, or two sets chromosomes, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2022Neuroscience
As many as one quarter of all adults over the age of 60 experience age-related cognitive decline. This cognitive decline ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2022Health & Medicine
Since the onset of the pandemic, researchers and clinicians have been trying to determine why COVID-19 is more severe in ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long sought to determine how life first arose on our planet, and finding an answer to that question coul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2022
Microbiology
We all know that kitchen sponges can harbor lots of microbes. Even when they're washed with detergent or heated in the m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2022
Immunology
Our immune system is a crucial, and has to be ready to respond to a variety of external threats that we are constantly e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Salmonella bacterium is a common cause of foodborne illness, and it isn't unusual to find strains of the microbe in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2022
Immunology
As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, researchers isolated SARS-CoV-2 and began studying the virus. The information scie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There are about three billion bases in the human genome, and each letter is either an adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2022
Microbiology
The battle against climate change is ongoing and will likely never end. Researchers and entrepreneurs have made incredib
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
How To Ship Your Lab Material Legally and Prevent Molecular Damage Written by Scott Weitze Shipping biological and molec
...
MAY 31, 2022
Microbiology
Even this juvenile nudibranch from Quadra Island, British Columbia, has a microbiome. / Image credit: Niels Van Steenkis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2022
Neuroscience
Different parts of the brain have been carefully mapped, so we have some idea of what parts of the brain are used to per
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mitochondria, organelles popularly known as powerhouses, are found in every cell, and they are crucial to cell function.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2022
Immunology
Our immune system uses T cells to rapidly identify and respond to different kinds of pathogens, whether they're viruses
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists changed biomedical engineering and took gene editing to a new level when they created CRISPR-Cas9, which util
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2022
Immunology
From birth, our immune system is ready to spring into action to protect us from pathogenic invaders. Like the rest of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2022
Microbiology
The microbes in our gut have a significant impact on many aspects of our health. New research has indicated that bacteri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Some species of lizards can detach their tails from their bodies when they feel threatened. This common defense mechanis
...
Written By:
J. Bryce Ortiz
MAY 25, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The words “molecular biology” might sound intimidating to most, but it’s not quite as bad as you think
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 25, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene editing has Brough beneficial changes to many foods. Now, researchers have engineered a plant that produced tomatoe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2022
Immunology
Diets that are high in fats and cholesterol have been associated with a variety of health problems, including an increas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2022
Neuroscience
MIT researchers recently published a study in Brain Sciences that sheds light on neurocognitive functioning. In particul
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
MAY 24, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In another advance for CRISPR technology, researchers have devised a way to edit genes in insects, including cockroaches
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
You may have heard of haploid and diploid species, which carry one set of unpaired chromosomes, or two sets chromosomes,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2022
Neuroscience
As many as one quarter of all adults over the age of 60 experience age-related cognitive decline. This cognitive decline
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2022
Health & Medicine
Since the onset of the pandemic, researchers and clinicians have been trying to determine why COVID-19 is more severe in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch