New rules aimed at protecting patients who donate tissue samples for research recently went into effect. As DNA sequencing becomes
Category: DNA
A better way to measure cell survival
Measuring the toxic effects of chemical compounds on different types of cells is critical for developing cancer drugs, which must
Tree of life: Poplar studies yield human cancer insights
While studying the genes in poplar trees that control callus formation, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National
Scientists say that fast advanced DNA sequencing technologies produce too many errors
99.8 % accuracy of the new methods that can read lengthy sections of genetic material is quite impressive. These methods
Biologist duo brings Wolbachia curriculum to students, citizen scientists around globe
A curriculum directed by husband-and-wife biologists at Vanderbilt University is responsible for helping countless thousands of college students, schoolkids and
DNA can help predicting if you will live longer or shorter than an average human
Everyone wants to live a long and healthy life. It is a bit of a goal that everyone has or
New Biomarker Links Cancer Progression to Genome Instability
Our DNA is under constant attack. The delicate molecule that contains our genetic information is extremely vulnerable to everything from
UGA to host NIH Compound ID Development Core
University of Georgia scientists will utilize genetics and quantum chemistry as tools for identifying unknown metabolites in the human body as
New insights into how genes are activated
In a study in Nature, researchers at Karolinska Institutet present a new method for analysing how instructions in the genome control
Unmuting large silent genes lets bacteria produce new molecules, potential drug candidates
By enticing away the repressors dampening unexpressed, silent genes in Streptomyces bacteria, researchers at the University of Illinois have unlocked several large
