Protein-coding genes carry the blueprint for protein production. In higher organisms, however, most of the coding-gene transcripts, or pre-mRNAs, are separated by non-coding sequences called "introns," which must be cut out ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 13, 2021
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In an article published in the journal RNA, Karan Bedi, a bioinformatician in Mats Ljungman's lab, Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan Medical School, investigated the efficiency of splicing across ...
Biotechnology
Jul 09, 2021
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Scientists have discovered non-coding RNA has a novel role to fine-tune gene expressions during stress recovery, getting closer to uncovering a 30-year-old nuclear mystery.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2019
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A new study led by scientists from the University of Colorado School of Medicine offers insight into the mechanism of a key cellular process.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 04, 2019
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Old-school Hollywood editors cut unwanted frames of film and patched in desired frames to make a movie. The human body does something similar—trillions of times per second—through a biochemical editing process called ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 27, 2019
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A research team from Whitehead Institute has uncovered a surprising and previously unrecognized role for introns, the parts of genes that lack the instructions for making proteins and are typically cut away and rapidly destroyed. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 17, 2019
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Cancer vaccines are designed to heighten the immune system's awareness of a tumor's unique features, boosting its ability to recognize, attack, and destroy the cancer. To date, effective cancer vaccines have focused on what ...
Biotechnology
Aug 17, 2018
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A breakthrough new technique enables scientists to image 10,421 genes at once within individual cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 08, 2018
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Scientists at the University of California, Davis have discovered that DNA sequences thought to be essential for gene activity can be expendable. Sequences once called junk sometimes call the shots instead.
Biotechnology
Apr 17, 2017
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When cells divide, chromosomes need to be evenly segregated between daughter cells. This equal distribution of chromosomes is very important to accurately pass on genetic information to the next generation. Abnormal chromosomal ...
Biotechnology
Mar 22, 2017
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