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Mutation: the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant form that may be transmitted to subsequent generations, caused by the alteration of single base units in DNA, or the deletion, insertion, or rearrangement of larger sections of genes or chromosomes.
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NOV 29, 2016Cancer
New recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK suggest that women preem ...NOV 28, 2016Microbiology
By using a vulnerability they found in the genetic code of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), researchers were ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 25, 2016Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid ...NOV 23, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Cardiology
As if a heart attack weren’t traumatic enough, the tissue injury that follows can cause irreparable damage to hear ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 22, 2016Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For women at high risk for cervical cancer, Hopkins researchers say they have a new diagnostic test that’s both no ...NOV 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A study published in Cell demonstrated how the brains of patients with different kinds of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2016Cancer
Rhabdoid meningiomas are among one of the most aggressive brain cancer types. Furthermore, doctors have a difficult time ...NOV 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
By Judy O’Rourke RECAPPING HISTORY BEFORE MAKING SOME It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 199 ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 16, 2016Cardiology
How do heart cells follow their genetic programming to create a heart? What can mice hearts do to help scientists unders ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 15, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have discovered a new protein that provides a critical link between ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2016Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – November 15, 2016 – Autism is an agonizing puzzle, a complex mixture of genetic and environmen ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells cannot constantly divide; they must be able to exist in a suspended state in which they are metabolically active b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2016Immunology
Two proteins serve as internal clocks for immune cells, a new system of regulation that defies most of what scientists t ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2016Videos
Hollywood TV crime shows are notorious for oversimplifying the arduous, complicated tasks of real DNA investigation. In ...NOV 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory hope to squash any preconceived notions that the occasional cigarette ...NOV 09, 2016Neuroscience
Research into the causes and possible treatments for autism is at the forefront of neuroscience. With numbers like 1 in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 04, 2016Cancer
Seeking to unravel the mysteries surrounding ovarian cancer development, researchers at the University of Michigan ident ...NOV 03, 2016Cardiology
Risk factors leading to cardiovascular disease are often thought to be obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, and environmental ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 03, 2016Plants & Animals
Researchers from the University of Malaga in Spain recently come across a shark embryo with two heads, something that is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 03, 2016Microbiology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 3, 2016 – A new study co-led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 02, 2016Cancer
Increasingly, doctors are recognizing the impact of genetic differences on disease and treatment outcomes. This realizat ...NOV 01, 2016Videos
We need no formal reminder of the inevitable ageing process - a quick glance at the skin of a young child and the skin o ...
NOV 29, 2016
Cancer
New recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK suggest that women preem
...
NOV 28, 2016
Microbiology
By using a vulnerability they found in the genetic code of venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), researchers were
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 25, 2016
Cancer
A chemotherapy drug that’s comparably milder than other drugs has been found to extend survival for acute myeloid
...
NOV 23, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, researchers have been able to use stem cells to make intestinal organoids with functional
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Cardiology
As if a heart attack weren’t traumatic enough, the tissue injury that follows can cause irreparable damage to hear
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 22, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For women at high risk for cervical cancer, Hopkins researchers say they have a new diagnostic test that’s both no
...
NOV 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A study published in Cell demonstrated how the brains of patients with different kinds of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2016
Cancer
Rhabdoid meningiomas are among one of the most aggressive brain cancer types. Furthermore, doctors have a difficult time
...
NOV 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
By Judy O’Rourke RECAPPING HISTORY BEFORE MAKING SOME It may seem like just yesterday, OK it was around 199
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 16, 2016
Cardiology
How do heart cells follow their genetic programming to create a heart? What can mice hearts do to help scientists unders
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 15, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison have discovered a new protein that provides a critical link between
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2016
Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – November 15, 2016 – Autism is an agonizing puzzle, a complex mixture of genetic and environmen
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells cannot constantly divide; they must be able to exist in a suspended state in which they are metabolically active b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2016
Immunology
Two proteins serve as internal clocks for immune cells, a new system of regulation that defies most of what scientists t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2016
Videos
Hollywood TV crime shows are notorious for oversimplifying the arduous, complicated tasks of real DNA investigation. In
...
NOV 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists from the Los Alamos National Laboratory hope to squash any preconceived notions that the occasional cigarette
...
NOV 09, 2016
Neuroscience
Research into the causes and possible treatments for autism is at the forefront of neuroscience. With numbers like 1 in
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 04, 2016
Cancer
Seeking to unravel the mysteries surrounding ovarian cancer development, researchers at the University of Michigan ident
...
NOV 03, 2016
Cardiology
Risk factors leading to cardiovascular disease are often thought to be obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, and environmental
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 03, 2016
Plants & Animals
Researchers from the University of Malaga in Spain recently come across a shark embryo with two heads, something that is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 03, 2016
Microbiology
LA JOLLA, CA – November 3, 2016 – A new study co-led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 02, 2016
Cancer
Increasingly, doctors are recognizing the impact of genetic differences on disease and treatment outcomes. This realizat
...
NOV 01, 2016
Videos
We need no formal reminder of the inevitable ageing process - a quick glance at the skin of a young child and the skin o
...