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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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JAN 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many people picture the classic double-stranded helix when picturing a molecule of DNA, but DNA is also capable of formi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The study of the genome once seemed like a straightforward process: a specific short sequence of three nucleotide bases ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Gene therapy holds tremendous promise for its potential to cure genetic diseases. We've also recently seen how critical ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great model organism for biomedical research. They generate large numbers of embryos that develop rapidl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
It all started with the Thermo Scientific™ NanoDrop™ 1000 as the first microvolume UV-Vis spectrophotometer, ...Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher ScientificNOV 18, 2020Genetics & Genomics
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the number of workflows that are available for NGS. How do you choose? While ...Sponsored By: Roche DiagnosticsNOV 16, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 03, 2020Cell & 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 LeitchOCT 19, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Analyzing nucleic acids through gel electrophoresis has been a staple of genetic research for decades. But using traditi ...SEP 13, 2020Chemistry & 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 SullivanSEP 09, 2020Cell & 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 LeitchSEP 07, 2020Immunology
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 FernandesJUL 30, 2020Immunology
A team of Harvard researchers has identified a promising new approach for treating psoriasis — a topical lotion co ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 07, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
False-negative results are particularly problematic in containing the spread of COVID-19 — infected individ ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 13, 2020Microbiology
COVID-19 cases have been rising in several states, and China has identified a new outbreak.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2020Clinical & 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 RennaAPR 14, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
For researchers at the Missouri University of Science and Technology developing a new class of nanodiagnostics, good thi ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 02, 2020Chemistry & 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 DuanMAR 24, 2020Genetics & 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 LeitchFEB 25, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
As of February 25th 2020, there have been 80, 354 reported cases of COVID-19 (Wuhan coronavirus), including 2,707 deaths ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 13, 2019Health & Medicine
The anxious wait to receive results from expensive diagnostic laboratory tests could soon be a thing of the past thanks ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 01, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
Transplant rejection is a process where the immune system of the patient consider the donor's organ as foreign ...Written By: Nupur SrivastavaAUG 25, 2019Cell & 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 LeitchJUL 13, 2019Chemistry & Physics
In the primordial world, inorganic materials came together to form simple organic molecules (amino acid, ribonucleic aci ...Written By: Daniel Duan
JAN 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many people picture the classic double-stranded helix when picturing a molecule of DNA, but DNA is also capable of formi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The study of the genome once seemed like a straightforward process: a specific short sequence of three nucleotide bases
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Gene therapy holds tremendous promise for its potential to cure genetic diseases. We've also recently seen how critical
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish are a great model organism for biomedical research. They generate large numbers of embryos that develop rapidl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
It all started with the Thermo Scientific™ NanoDrop™ 1000 as the first microvolume UV-Vis spectrophotometer,
...
Sponsored By:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
NOV 18, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the number of workflows that are available for NGS. How do you choose? While
...
Sponsored By:
Roche Diagnostics
NOV 16, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
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
False-negative results are particularly problematic in containing the spread of COVID-19 — infected individ
...
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
As of February 25th 2020, there have been 80, 354 reported cases of COVID-19 (Wuhan coronavirus), including 2,707 deaths
...
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