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DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. Nearly every cell in a person’s body has the same DNA. Most DNA is located in the cell nucleus (where it is called nuclear DNA), but a small amount of DNA can also be found in the mitochondria (where it is called mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA).

Cell Fate Conversion Plays Crucial Role in Cancer Research

Researchers from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association in Berlin and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have discovered how cells speed changes to their identity known as “cell fate conversion.”

28 Jun 2023

Discovering a Major Factor Causing Aggressive Cancer

Researchers from the University of Otago have identified a crucial factor that contributes to the aggressive spread of colon cancer, marking a significant advancement in the fight against fatal tumors.

27 Jun 2023

Analyzing the Cis-Regulatory Elements and Transcription Factors Related to Auxin Signaling

Phytohormones are chemical messengers that control the growth of plants and also their response to the environment.

27 Jun 2023

Microgels with Uniform DNA Encapsulation Resembling Living Cells

It can be extremely helpful to learn living cells’ intricate structure and assembly using real-world models that resemble them. These models can be created through synthetic techniques, but they are costly, time-consuming, and experimentally difficult. Microdroplets that entrap biological materials are a prototype of these models.

26 Jun 2023

TTUHSC and TTU Researchers Uncover Promising Leads in the Fight Against Leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis is a tropical disease caused by parasites known as Leishmania, which are transmitted to humans and animals through the bites of more than 90 species of sand flies.

23 Jun 2023

New Genetic Marker Could Predict Lenvatinib Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

A genetic marker discovered by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers could help physicians predict which patients with hepatocellular carcinoma are most likely to develop resistance to the drug lenvatinib.

23 Jun 2023

New Approach to Revolutionize Synthetic Biology

For the first time, scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory of the Department of Energy (Berkeley Lab) have created a genome-scale method to map the regulatory role of transcription factors, proteins that are essential for controlling gene expression, and a plant’s physiological features.

22 Jun 2023

Elaborate 3D Structures of DNA That Mimics Protein Functions

According to a study from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, DNA can imitate protein activities by folding into complex, three-dimensional structures.

22 Jun 2023

New DNA Test for HPV Infections Could Make Cervical Cancer Screening More Accessible

Rice University bioengineers have demonstrated a low-cost, point-of-care DNA test for HPV infections that could make cervical cancer screening more accessible in low- and middle-income countries where the disease kills more than 300,000 women each year.

22 Jun 2023

New Automated Machine Learning Tool to Design and Interpret Biological Sequences

The amount of data generated by scientists today is massive, thanks to the falling costs of sequencing technology and the increasing amount of available computing power.

22 Jun 2023

Cells with “Jumping Genes” Self-Destruct in the Early Stages of Development

A previously unknown type of cell that self-destructs within days of forming as part of a quality control procedure to protect the growing fetus has been found by researchers studying gene activity data of the early human embryo.

21 Jun 2023

Scientists Discover New Embryonic Cell Type that Self-Destructs to Protect the Developing Embryo

Scientists studying gene activity data of the early human embryo have discovered an overlooked type of cell which self-destructs within days of forming, as part of a quality control process to protect the developing foetus.

21 Jun 2023

Review: Role of Alternative Splicing Defects in Major Neurodegenerative Diseases

Alternative splicing, a clever way a cell generates many different variations of messenger RNAs -; single-stranded RNAs involved in protein synthesis -; and proteins from the same stretch of DNA, plays an important role in molecular biology.

21 Jun 2023

Detailed Genome Map to Prevent the Extinction of the Rusty Patched Bumblebee

Scientists from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have released a comprehensive, high-resolution map of the rusty patched bumble bees’ genome, supplying new approaches for saving the native pollinator from extinction.

20 Jun 2023

Analysis of Complex Genome Interactions Using “GAM”

Eesearchers at the Max Delbrück Center’s Berlin Institute of Medical Systems Biology (MDC-BIMSB) have created a method called Genome Architecture Mapping (“GAM”) to see within the genome and see it in dazzling technicolor.

20 Jun 2023

New Method Provides Near-Perfect Control Over the Manipulation of Individual Molecules

Aleksandra Radenovic, Head of the School of Engineering’s Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology, has spent years working to enhance nanopore technology, which primarily involves a molecule like DNA through a tiny pore in a membrane to quantify an ionic current.

20 Jun 2023

Microglial Cells Serve as a Stable Viral Reservoir for Latent HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) introduces a copy of its DNA into human immune cells as part of its life cycle. Some of these newly infected immune cells can subsequently enter an inactive, latent state for an extended length of time, which is known as HIV latency.

19 Jun 2023

Study Offers a New Perspective on the Evolution of Fibonacci Spirals in Plants

Leaf arrangements in the earliest plants differ from most modern plants, overturning a long-held theory regarding the origins of a famous mathematical pattern found in nature, research shows.

16 Jun 2023

Understanding How Genes Predispose Humans to Allergies

New research is expanding the scientific understanding of why some people are more allergic than others. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine discovered how genetic changes that modify a specific protein called ETS1 can affect our body’s response to allergens.

16 Jun 2023

New Mechanism to Maintain Astrocyte-Neuron Communication

Neurons and astrocytes are the two types of cells required by the brain to enjoy the scent of morning coffee and freshly baked cookies or to discern the warning smell of something burning.

16 Jun 2023

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Cell Fate Conversion Plays Crucial Role in Cancer Research

Discovering a Major Factor Causing Aggressive Cancer

Analyzing the Cis-Regulatory Elements and Transcription Factors Related to Auxin Signaling

Microgels with Uniform DNA Encapsulation Resembling Living Cells

TTUHSC and TTU Researchers Uncover Promising Leads in the Fight Against Leishmaniasis

New Genetic Marker Could Predict Lenvatinib Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

New Approach to Revolutionize Synthetic Biology

Elaborate 3D Structures of DNA That Mimics Protein Functions

New DNA Test for HPV Infections Could Make Cervical Cancer Screening More Accessible

New Automated Machine Learning Tool to Design and Interpret Biological Sequences

Cells with “Jumping Genes” Self-Destruct in the Early Stages of Development

Scientists Discover New Embryonic Cell Type that Self-Destructs to Protect the Developing Embryo

Review: Role of Alternative Splicing Defects in Major Neurodegenerative Diseases

Detailed Genome Map to Prevent the Extinction of the Rusty Patched Bumblebee

Analysis of Complex Genome Interactions Using “GAM”

New Method Provides Near-Perfect Control Over the Manipulation of Individual Molecules

Microglial Cells Serve as a Stable Viral Reservoir for Latent HIV

Study Offers a New Perspective on the Evolution of Fibonacci Spirals in Plants

Understanding How Genes Predispose Humans to Allergies

New Mechanism to Maintain Astrocyte-Neuron Communication

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