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Mutation
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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OCT 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
"If you have a damaged cell, you don't want it to replicate," explained computational biophysicist Rommie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The mechanisms that underlie physiological processes involve complex relationships between molecules. The proteins of a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A new report from Shinya Yamanaka, who won a Nobel Prize for his work on stem cells, has been published in the Proceedin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Publishing in Cell Reports, researchers have identified a link between the molecular mechanism of Ewing’s sarcoma, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2016Videos
What, exactly, is albinism? Albinism is a collective term for many loosely related conditions. Everyone with albinism ma ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 25, 2016Immunology
Next-generation sequencing revealed a rare protein deficiency from an inherited genetic mutation as the cause of a sever ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
For people that suffer from diseases with no treatments, the outlook can be bleak. One such illness is Charcot-Marie-Too ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Modifications to DNA and RNA can exert a powerful influence on gene expression. The most modification to RNA, the interm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2016Videos
A study being conducted at Swansea University is going about spotting cancer in a different way. Much like a smoke detec ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2016Immunology
The innate immune system helps an infected cell in one of two ways: calling the troops to bring in effector immune cells ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 14, 2016Videos
When it comes to diet habits, what you eat directly influences your body - down to the molecular genetics level. Researc ...OCT 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A new test may detect the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob ...OCT 13, 2016Videos
Childhood cancer is heartbreaking for families and even health care professionals. No one wants to see the kind of suffe ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 12, 2016Cardiology
Scientists are unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), the most common inherited diseas ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 12, 2016Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Findings Could Help Living Relatives Understand Their Own Risk LA JOLLA, CA – October 11, 2016 – Sudden deat ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 11, 2016Cardiology
A recent study showed that over eighty thousand gene enhancers are associated with human heart development and function. ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, health officials zealously launch flu shot campaigns, aimed at vaccinating people against the influenza virus ...OCT 11, 2016Videos
Space travel takes its toll on astronauts. Microgravity can affect muscle and bone growth. Radiation can cause damaging ...Written By: Jennifer EllisOCT 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
When faced with the choice of a hamburger and fries or a piece of strawberry shortcake, which would you choose? We all h ...Written By: Jennifer EllisOCT 10, 2016Immunology
One small change in the chromosomes of B lymphocytes, and the immune cells cannot proliferate and create antibodies to f ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 05, 2016Cardiology
Scientists reach roadblocks when they try to study diseases of the human heart merely because of its necessity for human ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 05, 2016Cancer
A drug that’s approved for the treatment of kidney cancer could find renewed purpose against other cancer types to ...
OCT 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
"If you have a damaged cell, you don't want it to replicate," explained computational biophysicist Rommie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The mechanisms that underlie physiological processes involve complex relationships between molecules. The proteins of a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new report from Shinya Yamanaka, who won a Nobel Prize for his work on stem cells, has been published in the Proceedin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Publishing in Cell Reports, researchers have identified a link between the molecular mechanism of Ewing’s sarcoma,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2016
Videos
What, exactly, is albinism? Albinism is a collective term for many loosely related conditions. Everyone with albinism ma
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 25, 2016
Immunology
Next-generation sequencing revealed a rare protein deficiency from an inherited genetic mutation as the cause of a sever
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For people that suffer from diseases with no treatments, the outlook can be bleak. One such illness is Charcot-Marie-Too
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Modifications to DNA and RNA can exert a powerful influence on gene expression. The most modification to RNA, the interm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2016
Videos
A study being conducted at Swansea University is going about spotting cancer in a different way. Much like a smoke detec
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2016
Immunology
The innate immune system helps an infected cell in one of two ways: calling the troops to bring in effector immune cells
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 14, 2016
Videos
When it comes to diet habits, what you eat directly influences your body - down to the molecular genetics level. Researc
...
OCT 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new test may detect the presence of abnormal proteins indicative of a deadly prion disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob
...
OCT 13, 2016
Videos
Childhood cancer is heartbreaking for families and even health care professionals. No one wants to see the kind of suffe
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 12, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists are unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), the most common inherited diseas
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2016
Immunology
The key ingredient in the recipe that make staphylococcus and streptococcus infections so dangerous? Superantigen toxins
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Findings Could Help Living Relatives Understand Their Own Risk LA JOLLA, CA – October 11, 2016 – Sudden deat
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 11, 2016
Cardiology
A recent study showed that over eighty thousand gene enhancers are associated with human heart development and function.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Each year, health officials zealously launch flu shot campaigns, aimed at vaccinating people against the influenza virus
...
OCT 11, 2016
Videos
Space travel takes its toll on astronauts. Microgravity can affect muscle and bone growth. Radiation can cause damaging
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
When faced with the choice of a hamburger and fries or a piece of strawberry shortcake, which would you choose? We all h
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 10, 2016
Immunology
One small change in the chromosomes of B lymphocytes, and the immune cells cannot proliferate and create antibodies to f
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 05, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists reach roadblocks when they try to study diseases of the human heart merely because of its necessity for human
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 05, 2016
Cancer
A drug that’s approved for the treatment of kidney cancer could find renewed purpose against other cancer types to
...