New genome sequences shed light on both the origins of the tardigrades (also known as water bears or moss piglets), and the genes that underlie their extraordinary ability to survive in extreme conditions. A team of researchers ...
Biotechnology
Jul 27, 2017
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Scientists are working to create yeast that operates with custom-made DNA.
Biotechnology
Jul 26, 2017
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Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin took an important step toward safer gene-editing cures for life-threatening disorders, from cancer to HIV to Huntington's disease, by developing a technique that can spot ...
Biotechnology
Jun 29, 2017
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John Innes Centre scientists are among an international team who have discovered a new class of compounds that target bacteria in a unique way.
Biochemistry
Jun 1, 2017
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The so-called central dogma of molecular biology states the process for turning genetic information into proteins that cells can use. "DNA makes RNA," the dogma says, "and RNA makes protein." Each protein is made of a series ...
Biotechnology
Apr 17, 2017
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Molecular diagnostics plays an increasingly important role in medicine for the detection of genetic diseases, the monitoring of the effectiveness of anti-cancer therapy, and in the fight against aggressive bacterial infections. ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 14, 2017
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Until recently, genomics was a "read-only" science, but scientists have developed a tool for quick and easy deletion of DNA in living cells. This software, published in PLOS Computational Biology, will boost efforts to understand ...
Biotechnology
Mar 2, 2017
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It's well known that when the DNA in a cell is damaged, the cell responds by activating specific genes that help defend the integrity of its genome. But less well studied is the fact that the cell actually shuts down the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 17, 2017
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In a carefully designed polymer, researchers at the Polish Academy of Sciences have imprinted a sequence of a single strand of DNA. The resulting negative remained chemically active and was capable of binding the appropriate ...
Polymers
Jan 19, 2017
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A new study is the first to show that living organisms can be persuaded to make silicon-carbon bonds—something only chemists had done before. Scientists at Caltech "bred" a bacterial protein to make the man-made bonds—a ...
Materials Science
Nov 24, 2016
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