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Cyagen Biosciences and Vivo Bio Tech partner to provide easy access to Genomic Technologies to Indian Biomedical R&D
Sep 01, 2016
Santa Clara, USA and Hyderabad, India, Thursday, September 1, 2016 – Cyagen Biosciences and Vivo Bio Tech announced that they have entered... Read More >
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Effects of invisible viruses
Aug 05, 2016
Viruses are pseudo-living organisms which inhabit and influence virtually every type of plant and animal cell. In some contexts, viral infection has obvious and... Read More >
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Knock it down or knock it out?
Mar 21, 2016
In solving the mystery of gene function, there is no more important clue than the phenotype of inactivating the gene of interest. With a plethora of methods available... Read More >
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Transposons, and why you should love them
Feb 15, 2016
The vast majority of biomedical and genetics research is focused on the function of proteins and proteins-coding genes. However, only a few percent of the... Read More >
Latest Discovery
Curing diseases with CRISPR
Jan 26, 2016
Over the past several years, huge advances in genome editing technologies have fueled an almost palpable excitement about the future of genome engineering... Read More >
Latest Discovery
Glowing mouse noses*
Dec 21, 2015
Ever since the first published anecdotal reports of luminescent rhinaria on some members of the diminutive reindeer subspecies R. tarandus pearyi, the... Read More >
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Mouse Models of Multiple Sclerosis
Dec 06, 2015
For complex diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), animal models are highly important because they allow researchers to systematically study numerous... Read More >
Latest Discovery
Turkey wingmen
Nov 20, 2015
Later this week, many of you may gather together with family around a table adorned with a turkey. In a grocery store or on a farm, turkeys are remarkably... Read More >
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Cells or Animals: Which model is better?
Nov 09, 2015
Biology research relies on the use of model systems. The type of system used can affect the scope and limitations of a research project, and also affects... Read More >
Latest Discovery
Your brain is mutating
Oct 26, 2015
It has long been known that cells acquire mutations over time. In fact, ongoing random mutation rates are such that no two cells in a human body are identical... Read More >