An estimated 17 percent of humans worldwide die from cancer, but less than five percent of captive elephants—who also live for about 70 years, and have about 100 times as many potentially cancerous cells as humans—die ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 14, 2018
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CRISPR gene editing technology is revolutionising medicine and biology. This technique allows scientists to edit DNA with more precision and greater ease than previous gene editing technology.
Biotechnology
Jul 17, 2018
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Cancer treatments—from radiation to surgery to chemotherapy—are designed to remove or kill cancerous cells, but healthy cells often become collateral damage in the process. What if you could use lasers to pinpoint the ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 25, 2018
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About half of all drugs, ranging from morphine to penicillin, come from compounds that are from—or have been derived from—nature. This includes many cancer drugs, which are toxic enough to kill cancer cells.
Biochemistry
Jun 21, 2018
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Stem cell researchers at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital have, for the first time, profiled a highly elusive kind of stem cell in the early embryo—a cell so fleeting that it makes its entrance and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2018
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Turning genes on and off is an intricate process involving communication between many different types of proteins that interact with DNA.
Biochemistry
May 17, 2018
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Scientists exploring how to tame random gene fluctuations as the embryos that become our bodies start to form have identified a control switch in the vertebrate segmentation clock of developing zebrafish. The researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 15, 2018
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Until human genes are activated, they are blocked by structures known as nucleosomes, components that serve to package DNA inside cells.
Biotechnology
May 14, 2018
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Researchers at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have identified a novel molecular pathway by which a tumour suppressor, TIP60, inhibits the growth of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 7, 2017
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In fairy tales, all it takes to transform a frog into a prince, a servant into a princess or a mouse into a horse is the wave of a magic wand.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 24, 2017
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