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Transcription is the first step in gene expression in which genetic information is copied from a DNA to an RNA format. Transcription is controlled by proteins known as transcription factors that regulate the expression of genes.
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JUN 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Long regions of seemingly unimportant strands of DNA were named ‘junk DNA’ and long thought to be unimportan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that the human genome instructs our bodies on what proteins to make using molecules called
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time since 2007 when scientists were just beginning to understand the DNA manipulation capabilities of CRI
...
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 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
While the intestines are potentially the star players of the digestive system, they also play a role in immune homeostas
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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
MAY 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Since the development of the gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9, researchers have found many ways to both improve and vary th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2016
Cardiology
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (DCM) share some qualities in their tissue makeup and in th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 04, 2016
Neuroscience
The concept of being able to “read” the thoughts in someone’s brain has been the subject of science fi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 13, 2016
Cancer
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts are launching a cancer tissue repository for use
...
APR 02, 2016
Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off,
...
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 26, 2016
Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge
...
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o
...
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Cancer
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...
MAR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
MAR 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 08, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 04, 2016
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
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...
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FEB 22, 2016
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker