Genetics & Molecular Biology

Mechanisms For Continually Producing Sperm- Just In Case

Producing sperm is necessary to procreate and but procreation only happens the first time in those birth control public awareness films. In most cases, sperm must be produced continuously, and for an extended period of time, to insure reproduction. A new ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2015 - 8:00am

DNA Repair Map Of The Entire Human Genome

When the chemotherapy drugs like cisplatin or oxaliplatin hit cancer cells, they damage DNA so that the cells can't replicate but those cells have ways to repair the DNA and so the cancer drugs aren't as effective as they could be. When DNA is d ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2015 - 9:25am

Triple Null: New Genetically Modified Soybean A Big Benefit For Food Allergies

A new soybean with significantly reduced levels of three key proteins responsible for both its allergenic and anti-nutritional effects has been created. Soybean is a major ingredient in many infant formulas, processed foods and livestock feed used for agr ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2015 - 11:30am

Methyl-Adenine, A Sixth DNA Base?

In biology class you learned that DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the main component of our genetic material and it is formed by combining four parts: A, C, G and T (adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine), called bases of DNA. These bases combine in thous ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2015 - 10:15am

Mutations In 2 Genes Linked To Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis And Telomere Shortening

Mutations in two genes cause a fatal lung scarring disease known as familial pulmonary fibrosis and can cause excessive shortening of the ends of chromosomes, known as telomeres. Telomeres are repetitive sequences of DNA that protect the ends of chromosom ...

Article - News Staff - May 9 2015 - 10:00am

Promoters, Enhancers And Connecting The Genomic Dots

Researchers have developed and used a new technique to connect the dots in the genomic puzzle. Just as dots have to be connected to visualize a full picture, the researchers connected regulatory elements called promoters and enhancers and showed their phy ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2015 - 5:03pm

How A Mobile DNA Sequence Finds Its Target

To understand how transposable elements, DNA sequences capable of moving independently,  shape genomes, where they are maintained over generations, it is vital to discover the mechanisms behind their targeted integration. Researchers from the Laboratoire P ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2015 - 8:30am

Mitochondrial Link Between High Glucose And Metabolic Disease

A new study has created a cause-and-effect link between chronic high blood sugar and disruption of mitochondria, the energy factories that create the metabolic energy that power most of our cells.  Previous experiments by other research groups had shown t ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2015 - 5:02pm

MicroRNA, The Puppet Master Of The Genome

We all know how irritating it is to have an inbox flooded with junk mail. Fortunately email providers these days contain filters to keep the junk mail at bay. As a result the junk mail folder tends to pile up with never-to-be-read emails. But, occasionall ...

Article - The Conversation - May 6 2015 - 7:30am

'Organoids'- Living Biobank Of 3D Cultures Personalizes Cancer Drug Screening

"Organoids", a futuristic-sounding term for three-dimensional cultures derived from tumors of cancer patients, closely replicate key properties of the original tumors- so close that these "organoid" cultures could be used for large-sca ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2015 - 8:48am