Genetics & Molecular Biology

Bioskiving: A New Way To Build Collagen Scaffolds

Collagen, the most abundant protein in the body, is widely used to build scaffolds for tissue engineering because it is biocompatible and biodegradable. Collagen is, however, hard to work with in its natural form because it is largely insoluble in water, ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 28 2012 - 5:32am

Good Fat And Bad Fat: The Metabolic Fight In Your Body

While diet and exercise are guaranteed to eliminate obesity, there can sometimes be a biological issue that arises, making it harder to lose fat.  Pop culture diet doctors selling books have done a lot of damage by recommending people not just diet becaus ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 6 2013 - 11:51am

Not All Stem Cells Are Creating Equally

Not all isolated stem cells are equally valid in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering- only a specific group of cord blood stem cells (CB-SC) maintained in culture are useful for therapeutic purposes, say researchers in a new paper. At present,  c ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 9 2013 - 12:30pm

IFIT Protein: Foot Soldiers Of The Immune System

The IFIT protein enables the human immune system to detect viruses and prevent infection by acting as foot soldiers guarding the body against infection. They recognize foreign viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) produced by the virus and act as defender molecule ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2013 - 5:30pm

Chromokinesin NOD Molecular Forces Are Key To Proper Cell Division

Studies are revealing new details about a molecular surveillance system that helps detect and correct errors in cell division that can lead to cell death or human diseases. The purpose of cell division is to evenly distribute the genome between two daught ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2013 - 10:19am

Burrowing by Way of Genes: Mice provide clues to genetics of behavior

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Blog Post - Kenrick Vezina - Jan 23 2013 - 11:08am

How Epigenetic Information Could Be Inherited

Epigenetics is a nascent, exciting field and due to its broad scope, it is used to rationalize the 'it might be so' potential of the mundane (evolutionary psychology) to the silly (social psychology) but some new research reveals a potential way ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2013 - 5:00pm

IPSC Reprogramming: Genomic Hardware-Friendly But Marred By Epigenetic Software Bugs

In light of ethical concerns with using human embryonic stem (hES) cells for research and therapeutic development, scientists have since developed technologies to allow one to reprogram somatic cells into pluripotent stem cells that are akin to hES cells. ...

Article - Jennifer Wong - Jan 29 2013 - 12:41pm

Link Found Between Insulin Sensitivity And Mitochondria

A new study in mice found that it might be possible to fine-tune mitochondria, tweaking one aspect to increase insulin sensitivity, reduce body and fat mass, and even extend life. The researchers say exploiting this target could one day lead to novel trea ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2013 - 1:13pm

Genetic Combat: Operation Super Bug

Bacteria resistant to antibiotics may be the subjects of sci-fi Hollywood horror, but it is also the reality at hospitals across the country. There are ongoing complaints  that feeding animal antibiotics puts us all at risk to bacteria that are resistant t ...

Article - Rebecca Goldin - Feb 5 2013 - 5:54pm