DNA nanotechnology – the research field using DNA molecules as building material – has developed rapidly during recent years and
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DNA
Retroviruses invading the koala germline contribute to high cancer rates
Koalas are facing multiple environmental and health issues which threaten their survival. Along with habitat loss – accelerated by last
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World’s oldest DNA sequenced from million-year-old mammoths
Teeth from mammoths buried in the Siberian permafrost for more than a million years have yielded the world’s oldest DNA
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Minerals and health
Minerals are nutrients that are essential for the body. (1) There are 22 of them in total. (2) Types of
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What is Cancer?
Cancer refers to a group of more than a hundred diseases that can originate in many different parts of the
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Gene Targets for in Utero Therapy in Down Syndrome: Potentials and Pitfalls
By Keynote ContributorProf. Ahmad Salehi, M.D, Ph.DClinical Professor with Stanford Medical School &Neurobiologist investigating the relationship betweenDown syndrome and Alzheimer’s
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Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) and DNA Microarray Compared
Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) uses mRNA from a sample to create complementary DNA (cDNA) fragments for amplification and
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Advances in Stem Cell Labeling and Implications for Biological Research
By Keynote Contributor’sDr. Oleg Podgorny & Dr. Grigori EnikolopovMoscow Institute of Physics and Technology Stem cells contribute to the development
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Gene Editing Techniques: ZFNs, TALENs or CRISPR?
Engineered nucleases, enzymes containing a nucleotide-specific DNA-binding domain fused to a non-specific DNA cleavage domain, are an essential component of
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What are DNA Nanomachines?
Can the specificity of DNA be harnessed? DNA has very high specificity, so that a particular DNA sequence will always
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