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Reporter genes
Reporter genes are an integral component of molecular biology used to study biological pathways and processes. Reporter genes are attached to a known sequence of another gene of interest in an organism, such as a bacteria, cell, or plant. Attachment of a reporter gene allows visualization or quantification of a gene of interest. Common reporter systems used on molecular biology include luciferase and green fluorescent protein (GFP).
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APR 19, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has shown how variants in an immune gene can lead to a high risk of developing the autoimmune disorder rheu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that it's time for medicine to move away from demographic labels that are too narrow to captu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some parts of the genome are simple; many genes encode for proteins, and if there is an error in one of those protein-co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
It's been unclear whether boys are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder more often because of detection issues, or if ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2021Cannabis Sciences
For some time now, cannabis users have been known to be at risk of developing psychosis more often than nonusers. Now th ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 16, 2021Genetics & Genomics
A chimera human-monkey blastocyst is seen in this image by Weizhi Ji of the Kunming University of Science and Technology ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2021Plants & Animals
You're probably familiar with sunflowers, a member of the Asteraceae family. But the biology of the plant is a bit diffe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 14, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Right after birth, young animals go through a period in which they 'imprint,' or fixate on sights and smells that they'r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2021Microbiology
The term TORCH pathogens refers to a group of viruses including Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella, Herpes Simplex Viruses 1 and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were shocked when they saw the results of a genetic analysis comparing various microbes from around the worl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used the gar fish to learn more about the network of nerves that links our eyes to our brains. The gar i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some diseases, like sickle-cell anemia and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are due to errors in only a single let ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2021Neuroscience
Up to 1 in 4 people are affected by mood disorders in their lifetimes. Due to a lack of objective diagnostic procedures, ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 08, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For over 100 years, scientists have been seeing speckles when they looked at stained nuclei in cells. Now researchers ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been using genetic and computational tools to find small changes in the sequences of genes that are like ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
People with red hair, as well as some animals that have red fur, carry one variation of a gene called melanocortin 1 rec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2021Genetics & Genomics
While this approach was tested on models of eye disorders, prelimary work suggested it also has potential as a dementia ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Malaria is a major health problem in many parts of the world; nearly half a million people die from malaria, and another ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have identified a genetic disease that causes neurodevelopmental disorders in some affected kids. The diseas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2021Microbiology
Many people think of bacteria as disgusting germs, but there are plenty of important bacterial species that provide us w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been tinkering with the building blocks of biology for a long time. In 2008 a synthetic genome was engin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 30, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Bacteria can share genetic material in a process called horizontal gene transfer, and recent work has shown that in anim ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The Scythians were a group of horse-warrior nomad cultures. An image by Zainolla Samashev shows the burial of one of the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 29, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
An illustration by Mindy Takamiya of Kyoto University iCeMS shows how dead cells signal to the body that it's time to el ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has shown how variants in an immune gene can lead to a high risk of developing the autoimmune disorder rheu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that it's time for medicine to move away from demographic labels that are too narrow to captu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some parts of the genome are simple; many genes encode for proteins, and if there is an error in one of those protein-co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
It's been unclear whether boys are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder more often because of detection issues, or if
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
For some time now, cannabis users have been known to be at risk of developing psychosis more often than nonusers. Now th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 16, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
A chimera human-monkey blastocyst is seen in this image by Weizhi Ji of the Kunming University of Science and Technology
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2021
Plants & Animals
You're probably familiar with sunflowers, a member of the Asteraceae family. But the biology of the plant is a bit diffe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 14, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Right after birth, young animals go through a period in which they 'imprint,' or fixate on sights and smells that they'r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2021
Microbiology
The term TORCH pathogens refers to a group of viruses including Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella, Herpes Simplex Viruses 1 and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were shocked when they saw the results of a genetic analysis comparing various microbes from around the worl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used the gar fish to learn more about the network of nerves that links our eyes to our brains. The gar i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some diseases, like sickle-cell anemia and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are due to errors in only a single let
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2021
Neuroscience
Up to 1 in 4 people are affected by mood disorders in their lifetimes. Due to a lack of objective diagnostic procedures,
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 08, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For over 100 years, scientists have been seeing speckles when they looked at stained nuclei in cells. Now researchers ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been using genetic and computational tools to find small changes in the sequences of genes that are like
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
People with red hair, as well as some animals that have red fur, carry one variation of a gene called melanocortin 1 rec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
While this approach was tested on models of eye disorders, prelimary work suggested it also has potential as a dementia
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Malaria is a major health problem in many parts of the world; nearly half a million people die from malaria, and another
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have identified a genetic disease that causes neurodevelopmental disorders in some affected kids. The diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2021
Microbiology
Many people think of bacteria as disgusting germs, but there are plenty of important bacterial species that provide us w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been tinkering with the building blocks of biology for a long time. In 2008 a synthetic genome was engin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 30, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Bacteria can share genetic material in a process called horizontal gene transfer, and recent work has shown that in anim
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The Scythians were a group of horse-warrior nomad cultures. An image by Zainolla Samashev shows the burial of one of the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
An illustration by Mindy Takamiya of Kyoto University iCeMS shows how dead cells signal to the body that it's time to el
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch