Environmental conditions, lifestyle choices, chemical exposure, and foodborne and airborne pathogens are among the external factors that can cause disease. In contrast, internal genetic factors can be responsible for the ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 21, 2019
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Scientists have discovered a DNA mutation linked to breathing problems in popular dog breeds.
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2019
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In a study with implications for efforts to halt the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers at Princeton have identified a new, troubling path that some bacteria take toward resistance.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2019
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Antioxidants such as vitamin C could help reduce harmful effects from hexavalent chromium, according to a new study performed with human cells. The contaminant, which is often produced by industrial processes, was featured ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 8, 2019
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Scientists at UMass Medical School have developed a strategy for editing and repairing a particular type of genetic mutation associated with microduplications using CRISPR-Cas9 and a seldom-used DNA repair pathway. Described ...
Biotechnology
Apr 4, 2019
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Single-molecule fluorescent measurements provide fresh insights into a process for keeping errors out of our genomes.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 25, 2019
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have developed software to shrink the error rate in next-generation sequencing data by as much as 100-fold, which would likely speed early detection of relapse and other ...
Biotechnology
Mar 14, 2019
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Scientists in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Biochemistry are watching evolution happen in real time.
Biotechnology
Feb 26, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Helsinki uncovered the mechanisms for a novel cellular stress response arising from the toxicity of newly synthesized proteins. Activation of the stress response is at the epicentre of the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2019
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You can think of DNA as a string of letters—As, Cs, Ts, and Gs—that together spell out the information needed for the construction and function of cells. Each cell in your body shares the same DNA. So, for cells to take ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 16, 2019
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