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What is Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD)?

NAD is the coenzyme form of vitamin B3 and is known to play a role in DNA repair, signal transduction and post-translational modifications.

14 Feb 2020

How CRISPR is Revolutionizing Biomedical Research

CRISPR/Cas9 represents an example of an adaptive immune system that makes bacteria and archaea resistant to exogenous viruses or plasmids.

14 Feb 2020

What is Epigenomics?

Epigenomics is the study of the epigenome, which is a multitude of chemical compounds that direct the functioning genome as a whole.

14 Feb 2020

What is Metabolomics?

Metabolomics is a field of research that focuses on the chemical processes undergone by metabolites.

14 Feb 2020

Stem Cell Controversy

There are several ethical issues that are raised while working with stem cells. This article addresses the various issues caused by stem cell research.

14 Feb 2020

What is Genomics?

Genomics is an area within genetics that concerns the sequencing and analysis of an organism’s genome.

14 Feb 2020

Stem Cell Properties

Stem cells are different from other cells in the body. There are three unique properties of all stem cells regardless of their source.

14 Feb 2020

What are Oncogenes?

Several different systems have been devised to classify oncogenes. Some of the different categories of oncogenes include:

14 Feb 2020

Hot Melt Extrusion in the Pharmaceutical and Food Industries

Hot melt extrusion is a manufacturing technique that originated in the plastics and food industries but is now being used in the pharmaceutical industry.

14 Feb 2020

Insulin Signaling Pathway

This article describes the insulin signaling pathway, its physiological effects and the methods by which insulin signaling is regulated.

14 Feb 2020

What is 3D X-Ray Microscopy?

3D X-ray microscopy is a non-destructive imaging technique that provides 3D visualization of internal microstructures in biological samples at sub-micron to nanoscale spatial resolution.

14 Feb 2020

What is Confocal Imaging?

Epifluorescent microscopy is a technique capable of generating images of certain fluorescent samples.

14 Feb 2020

Challenges in Environmental Metabolomics

Environmental metabolomics is a recent experimental method that is used to analyze the metabolites of living organisms.

14 Feb 2020

Chirality in Biochemistry

Chirality relates to the study of the three-dimensional structure of molecules. This article looks at their involvement as molecules in biochemistry.

14 Feb 2020

Interpreting Proteomics Data

Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteomes, exploring a range of protein activities including expression, movement, and interaction.

14 Feb 2020

Compound Identification for Nontargeted Metabolomics

In an untargeted metabolomic approach, thousands of metabolites are studied in one sample; however, the chemical identity of the compound is not known as in the targeted approach.

14 Feb 2020

Visualizing the 3D Architecture of Tissues

Three-dimensional cell cultures are newly developed but vital research tools. Visualization methods include confocal and multi-photon microscopy, and OCT.

14 Feb 2020

Reversed-Phase Chromatography: An Overview

Reversed-phase chromatography is a liquid chromatography technique that involves the separation of molecules on the basis of hydrophobic interactions.

14 Feb 2020