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Transcription Factors
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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NOV 08, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Engineers and scientists have long been trying to use cells to manufacture molecules that humans need, like biofuel or m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2016Immunology
Since the 1960s, scientists have studied the antibody production and cell-mediated immune response duties of B lymphocyt ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 02, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Decoy sequences of DNA are able to interfere with gene expression, and in ways that are not yet well understood. New fin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2016Microbiology
Iron is important to bacteria. Really important. It’s so important that bacteria secrete special molecules called ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2016Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 19, 2016Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 17, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Just a couple of miles down the road from North Carolina State University where CRISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD, ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2016Immunology
In a new study from Oxford University, scientists ask: How does the human immune system rate an attack and decide how st ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 06, 2016Immunology
Thanks to the memory capabilities of our immune cells, our body knows how to fight pathogens better the second, third, a ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at ETH Zurich used a cutting edge microscopy technique to investigate how stem cells become blood cells. Pub ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Over 20 years ago researcher Didier Stainier found a zebrafish mutant he named cloche, after comparing the shape of the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 13, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – July 13, 2016 – With the Rio Olympics just weeks away, many are wondering how Jamaican sprint ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUN 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR-Cas9 is the discovery that took the scientific community by storm, the technology of the century. In a new study ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2016Health & Medicine
More than two thirds of adults and about one third of children and adolescents are considered overweight or obese. The o ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAY 12, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Transcription and translation are two essential life processes for creating proteins, the cornerstone of any Genetics 10 ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Michigan State University are developing a system to read the genome like normal people read a book. Lik ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 04, 2016Health & Medicine
Without a system of protein interactions to govern when organisms like humans feel hungry and compelled to eat, there&rs ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Bacteria are not without protection from antibiotics, they actually incorporate a system of closely-linked genes from th ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Gene expression is more than just on or off, it is more of a spectrum of expression, scientists are discovering. In a ne ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 30, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Before the spinal cord, there is the notochord. Development of the notochord is essential for forming the nervous system ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 30, 2016Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease affects millions of Americans every year, and its strongly linked to obesity. A new study from th ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 21, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have gained insight into how developing cells switch to a specialized state and how the process might go wro ...Written By: Julianne Chiaet
NOV 08, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Engineers and scientists have long been trying to use cells to manufacture molecules that humans need, like biofuel or m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2016
Immunology
Since the 1960s, scientists have studied the antibody production and cell-mediated immune response duties of B lymphocyt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Decoy sequences of DNA are able to interfere with gene expression, and in ways that are not yet well understood. New fin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2016
Microbiology
Iron is important to bacteria. Really important. It’s so important that bacteria secrete special molecules called
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2016
Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 19, 2016
Immunology
Sometimes the immune system can react too strongly to influenza infections and cause lethal complications of pneumonia.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 17, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Just a couple of miles down the road from North Carolina State University where CRISPR pioneer Rodolphe Barrangou, PhD,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2016
Immunology
In a new study from Oxford University, scientists ask: How does the human immune system rate an attack and decide how st
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 06, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to the memory capabilities of our immune cells, our body knows how to fight pathogens better the second, third, a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at ETH Zurich used a cutting edge microscopy technique to investigate how stem cells become blood cells. Pub
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Over 20 years ago researcher Didier Stainier found a zebrafish mutant he named cloche, after comparing the shape of the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 13, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – July 13, 2016 – With the Rio Olympics just weeks away, many are wondering how Jamaican sprint
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUN 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR-Cas9 is the discovery that took the scientific community by storm, the technology of the century. In a new study
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2016
Health & Medicine
More than two thirds of adults and about one third of children and adolescents are considered overweight or obese. The o
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 12, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Transcription and translation are two essential life processes for creating proteins, the cornerstone of any Genetics 10
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Michigan State University are developing a system to read the genome like normal people read a book. Lik
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
Without a system of protein interactions to govern when organisms like humans feel hungry and compelled to eat, there&rs
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Bacteria are not without protection from antibiotics, they actually incorporate a system of closely-linked genes from th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Gene expression is more than just on or off, it is more of a spectrum of expression, scientists are discovering. In a ne
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 30, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Before the spinal cord, there is the notochord. Development of the notochord is essential for forming the nervous system
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 30, 2016
Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease affects millions of Americans every year, and its strongly linked to obesity. A new study from th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 21, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have gained insight into how developing cells switch to a specialized state and how the process might go wro
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet