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Sequencing
Sequencing: is the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence - the order of nucleotides in DNA. It includes any method or technology that is used to determine the order of the four bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
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MAY 03, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
After being identified in the 1980s, it was thought that retrons were just an odd feature of some bacterial cells. But e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2021Microbiology
Most DNA that we're familiar with is found in cells in a double-stranded form. So, many years ago, scientists were intri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have generated much more accurate reference materials for genomic studies. The work removed errors and impro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 1.2 million genome sequences collected from 172 countries have been uploaded to a data-sharing site over the course ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 28, 2021Plants & Animals
Madagascar is home to many unusual animals. A skull from one - the 'horned' crocodile - can be seen in this image by M. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2021Genetics & Genomics
It's been about 35 years since the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now researchers have investigated whet ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2021Microbiology
After microbes called archaea were discovered in the 1970s, a branch was added to the tree of life after some debate, wh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The genetic instructions that biological organisms use to generate their structures & maintain life are contained in a m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 24, 2021Technology
A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins used “information theory” to uncover key cancer genes. One such culpri ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 23, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
It's thought that unlike cell types that are constantly replenishing themselves (like many types of blood cells, for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2021Genetics & Genomics
For simplicity's sake, DNA is though of as a double-stranded molecule made of nucleotide bases A, G, C, and T, and RNA a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2021Microbiology
Researchers have noted that we have a 'profound ignorance' about the state of the microbial populations of the world.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2021Microbiology
The world is full of microbes that have colonized nearly every environment including the human body. The vast majority o ...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 16, 2021Microbiology
The current COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Modern are based on messenger RNA, which cells use to make proteins ...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 13, 2021Genetics & Genomics
DNA from a very old skull is changing what we know about when and where early humans lived.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2021Immunology
In a recent study, researchers discovered that a fungus present in cheese, processed meats, beer, and other fermented fo ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 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, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Vaccines are mostly known as tools to prevent illness. But cancer vaccines are a bit different, and aim to treat existin ...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 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 Leitch
MAY 03, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
After being identified in the 1980s, it was thought that retrons were just an odd feature of some bacterial cells. But e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2021
Microbiology
Most DNA that we're familiar with is found in cells in a double-stranded form. So, many years ago, scientists were intri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have generated much more accurate reference materials for genomic studies. The work removed errors and impro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Over 1.2 million genome sequences collected from 172 countries have been uploaded to a data-sharing site over the course
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 28, 2021
Plants & Animals
Madagascar is home to many unusual animals. A skull from one - the 'horned' crocodile - can be seen in this image by M.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
It's been about 35 years since the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now researchers have investigated whet
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2021
Microbiology
After microbes called archaea were discovered in the 1970s, a branch was added to the tree of life after some debate, wh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The genetic instructions that biological organisms use to generate their structures & maintain life are contained in a m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 24, 2021
Technology
A team of scientists at Johns Hopkins used “information theory” to uncover key cancer genes. One such culpri
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 23, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's thought that unlike cell types that are constantly replenishing themselves (like many types of blood cells, for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
For simplicity's sake, DNA is though of as a double-stranded molecule made of nucleotide bases A, G, C, and T, and RNA a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2021
Microbiology
Researchers have noted that we have a 'profound ignorance' about the state of the microbial populations of the world.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2021
Microbiology
The world is full of microbes that have colonized nearly every environment including the human body. The vast majority o
...
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 16, 2021
Microbiology
The current COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Modern are based on messenger RNA, which cells use to make proteins
...
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 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
DNA from a very old skull is changing what we know about when and where early humans lived.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2021
Immunology
In a recent study, researchers discovered that a fungus present in cheese, processed meats, beer, and other fermented fo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
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
Genetics & Genomics
Vaccines are mostly known as tools to prevent illness. But cancer vaccines are a bit different, and aim to treat existin
...
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 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