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Nucleic Acid
Nucleic acids ( i.e., DNA and RNA) are the key macromolecules of life, composed of nucleotide monomers that consist of a 5-carbon sugar ( ribose for DNA and deoxyribose for RNA), a base (adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine, or uracil), and a phosphate group.
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NOV 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We are exposed to a vast array of chemicals every day. Many are harmless or even important, like the air we breathe, wat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Analyzing nucleic acids through gel electrophoresis has been a staple of genetic research for decades. But using traditi
...
SEP 13, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A new device has been developed by researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Korea that can diag
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Diseases that are caused by errors in a gene might be cured if we could correct those errors, or genetic mutations.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2020
Immunology
The ability to edit the human genome using CRISPR has been heralded as a revolution in medicine. However, one of the big
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 30, 2020
Immunology
A team of Harvard researchers has identified a promising new approach for treating psoriasis — a topical lotion co
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 07, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 13, 2020
Microbiology
COVID-19 cases have been rising in several states, and China has identified a new outbreak.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). M
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
APR 14, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
For researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology developing a new class of nanodiagnostics, good thi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 02, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
With vaccines at least one year away and no proven treatment for infection, the world has witnessed the loss of 20
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAR 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies often need to make many copies of RNA or DNA before they are detectable. New research aims to change tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
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...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 13, 2019
Health & Medicine
The anxious wait to receive results from expensive diagnostic laboratory tests could soon be a thing of the past thanks
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 01, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
Transplant rejection is a process where the immune system of the patient consider the donor's organ as foreign
...
Written By:
Nupur Srivastava
AUG 25, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
The cytoplasm of cells is about 80% water, but is full of a molecular mixture of stuff that was once thought to be disor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
In the primordial world, inorganic materials came together to form simple organic molecules (amino acid, ribonucleic aci
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 13, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
It is estimated that persons suffering from fibromyalgia sometimes wait an average of five years to receive an accurate
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAY 26, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells-based therapies may one day repair disorders caused by damaged cells. But those therapeutics must be tested.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in Translational Vision Science and Technology, a phase I/II clinical trial involving a novel enzym
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 08, 2019
Health & Medicine
The ability to diagnose an acute HIV-1 infection before there are detectable antibodies to HIV 1/2 is critical to making
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
APR 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Recent studies on mice has allowed researchers to find a way to deliver specific drugs to certain parts of the body that
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 28, 2019
Videos
Researchers have been able to create synthetic nucleotide bases and add them to the genome.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 13, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
A recent study published in the journal Genome Research Dr. Laverty and colleagues out of the University
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux