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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

GPCR Signaling Pathways

This article describes the proteins involved in signaling through G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their associated G protein subunits.

14 Feb 2020

Environmental Metabolomics

Environmental metabolomics helps to study the impact on organisms when exposed to environmental stress such as pollution, changes in climate and infection.

14 Feb 2020

Advances in Fluorescence Microscopy

In fluorescence microscopy, a specimen emits energy when activated by light of a certain wavelength. Some substances such as chlorophyll and some minerals will do this naturally, while others will need the help of other chemical triggers.

14 Feb 2020

How Does a Coulter Counter Work?

A Coulter Counter is an instrument that can count and size the cells in an electrolyte to provide valuable information for researchers.

14 Feb 2020

T Cell Development

T cells are a type of lymphocyte, or white blood cell, that involved in the adaptive immune response and develop in response to stimuli in the thymus.

14 Feb 2020

Microbes in Raw Meat

Contamination of food by microbes is a public health concern around the world. This article investigates the levels of microbes found in raw meat.

14 Feb 2020

Protein Production: Initiation, Elongation and Termination

A ribosome is the cellular machine that produces protein. It has two primary functional units, or subunits, known as the large subunit and the small subunit. Eukaryotic ribosomes are referred to as 80S ribosomes.

14 Feb 2020

Gene Knockout Method

The methods used to carry out gene knockout are mutation, RNAi gene silencing, conditional knockout using Cre recombinase and gene editing using CRISPR.

14 Feb 2020