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Transcription Factors: In molecular biology, a transcription factor is a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA, by binding to a specific DNA sequence.
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JUN 11, 2017Neuroscience
An intricate relationship exists between gene activity and social experience. Looking at mice being challenged by ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 31, 2017Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 30, 2017Cardiology
What happens during development to create the most common congenital heart defect, a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV)? The id ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 26, 2017Microbiology
Xanthomonas citri subsp. Malvacearum (Xcm) causes bacterial blight in cotton. The disease was rampant in the US during t ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 17, 2017Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute identified a host-cell molecule that helps the human ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 14, 2017Health & Medicine
Age-associated B cells (ABCs) were discovered in 2011 to be phenotypically and functionally unique cells common in the s ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 12, 2017Health & Medicine
Transforming simple skin cells into semi-stem cells that can become blood vessel cells or red blood cells is a new alter ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 04, 2017Immunology
Six years ago, researchers from Kobe University discovered a new condition caused by an autoimmune reaction against PIT- ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 16, 2017Microbiology
Spoiler alert, you’re infected with Epstein-Barr virus. Well, you’re probably infected - nearly 98% of peopl ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work has demonstrated that bone injuries can be repaired using a sheet of a carbon compound that has photocatalytic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Juvenile Batten disease is a progressive disease that causes neurological dysfunction, resulting in seizures, changes in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2017Cancer
Scientists on the quest to offer more hope for glioblastoma patients may have found a way to stop the growth of the dead ...JAN 30, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The blueprint for our bodies is contained in our genes, but scientists have long wondered how our environment can in tur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – January 19, 2017 – A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has deve ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are always striving to know more about the physiology of exercise, especially as health conditions related to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 05, 2017Cancer
A large portion of melanoma cases prove fatal because the disease has already progressed beyond treatment options. Howev ...DEC 29, 2016Cancer
JUPITER, FL – December 29, 2016 – A new study led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Resea ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 29, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at the University of Michigan have discovered what they call a ‘master switch’ that causes women ...Written By: Jennifer EllisDEC 26, 2016Immunology
A recent study from the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) in Japan led to the discovery of a new group of mono ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 20, 2016Cardiology
The hypoxia response has been found to be vital for the proper formation of the heart ventricles during gestation, addin ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 20, 2016Immunology
As part of the immune response, T cells react differently to an acute infection versus a chronic infection, and this dif ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 16, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell, scientists were able to extend the lifespan of mice that carry a genetic mutation that causes prematu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Combat Obesity by Turning White Fat into Brown FatWritten By: Jennifer EllisNOV 14, 2016Cardiology
Three known transcription factors are capable of reprogramming connective tissue in the heart to transform scar tissue i ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUN 11, 2017
Neuroscience
An intricate relationship exists between gene activity and social experience. Looking at mice being challenged by
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 30, 2017
Cardiology
What happens during development to create the most common congenital heart defect, a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV)? The id
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 26, 2017
Microbiology
Xanthomonas citri subsp. Malvacearum (Xcm) causes bacterial blight in cotton. The disease was rampant in the US during t
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 17, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute identified a host-cell molecule that helps the human
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 14, 2017
Health & Medicine
Age-associated B cells (ABCs) were discovered in 2011 to be phenotypically and functionally unique cells common in the s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 12, 2017
Health & Medicine
Transforming simple skin cells into semi-stem cells that can become blood vessel cells or red blood cells is a new alter
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 04, 2017
Immunology
Six years ago, researchers from Kobe University discovered a new condition caused by an autoimmune reaction against PIT-
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 16, 2017
Microbiology
Spoiler alert, you’re infected with Epstein-Barr virus. Well, you’re probably infected - nearly 98% of peopl
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work has demonstrated that bone injuries can be repaired using a sheet of a carbon compound that has photocatalytic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Juvenile Batten disease is a progressive disease that causes neurological dysfunction, resulting in seizures, changes in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2017
Cancer
Scientists on the quest to offer more hope for glioblastoma patients may have found a way to stop the growth of the dead
...
JAN 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The blueprint for our bodies is contained in our genes, but scientists have long wondered how our environment can in tur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
LA JOLLA, CA – January 19, 2017 – A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has deve
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are always striving to know more about the physiology of exercise, especially as health conditions related to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 05, 2017
Cancer
A large portion of melanoma cases prove fatal because the disease has already progressed beyond treatment options. Howev
...
DEC 29, 2016
Cancer
JUPITER, FL – December 29, 2016 – A new study led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Resea
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 29, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at the University of Michigan have discovered what they call a ‘master switch’ that causes women
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 26, 2016
Immunology
A recent study from the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) in Japan led to the discovery of a new group of mono
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 20, 2016
Cardiology
The hypoxia response has been found to be vital for the proper formation of the heart ventricles during gestation, addin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 20, 2016
Immunology
As part of the immune response, T cells react differently to an acute infection versus a chronic infection, and this dif
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 16, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Cell, scientists were able to extend the lifespan of mice that carry a genetic mutation that causes prematu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Combat Obesity by Turning White Fat into Brown Fat
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 14, 2016
Cardiology
Three known transcription factors are capable of reprogramming connective tissue in the heart to transform scar tissue i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker