DNA represents a dynamic form of information, balancing efficient storage and access requirements. Packaging approximately 1.8m of DNA into something as small as a cell nucleus is no mean feat, but unpacking it again to access ...
Biotechnology
Nov 6, 2015
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University of Utah chemists devised a new way to detect chemical damage to DNA that sometimes leads to genetic mutations responsible for many diseases, including various cancers and neurological disorders.
Biochemistry
Nov 6, 2015
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Sometimes, the molecules that make up life exhibit strange behavior. For instance, in simple organisms such as yeast, when genetic material becomes damaged, the affected DNA strands increase their motion, waving about inside ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 5, 2015
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Two phases of the cell cycle of human embryonic stem cells have been shown, for the first time, to actively employ pathways that maintain pluripotency—the potential to develop into almost any type of cell in the body.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 4, 2015
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This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry was given to three scientists who each focused on one piece of the DNA repair puzzle. Now a new study, reported online Oct. 28 in the journal Nature, reports the discovery of a new class ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 29, 2015
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Researchers have observed how a light-activated compound alters the structure of DNA - which could be the first step in creating new, targeted cancer treatments.
Biochemistry
Oct 21, 2015
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Lathering up with sunscreen may prevent sunburn and protect against cancer, but it is also killing coral reefs around the world.
Environment
Oct 20, 2015
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A study led by Indiana University biologist Patricia Foster and colleagues has found that forces in the external environment and oxidation are the greatest threats to an organism's ability to repair damage to its own DNA.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 13, 2015
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Inside the trillions of cells that make up the human body, things are rarely silent. Molecules are constantly being made, moved, and modified—and during these processes, mistakes are sometimes made. Strands of DNA, for ...
Biochemistry
Sep 8, 2015
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Time-lapse imaging can make complicated processes easier to grasp—think of a stitched-together sequence of photos that chronicles the construction of a building. Now, scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 2, 2015
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