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5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ELECTROPHORESIS SYSTEM
18/04/2017
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Gel electrophoresis is a laboratory technique used to visualize DNA on a gel where the DNA molecules are separated according to their size. This allows scientists to detect alterations in the DNA sequence which may cause a genetic condition. 1. Elect...
5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PCR
06/04/2017
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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a process that uses primers to amplify specific cloned or genomic DNA sequences with the help of a very unique enzyme. PCR machine, has the ability to produce DNA copies of a specific segment that can range from th...
Solar-Powered Graphene Skin Enables Prosthetics to Feel
06/04/2017
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Cochlear implants can restore hearing to individuals with some types of hearing loss. Retinal implants are now on the market to restore sight to the blind. But there are no commercially available prosthetics that restore a sense of touch to those wh...
Cancer cells cast a sweet spell on the immune system
06/04/2017
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Cancer cells have surface proteins and sugars that link with immune cells to quiet their reaction to the cancer. Current immune therapies block interactions between PD-L1 proteins (light green) on tumor cells and PD-1 proteins (teal) on T cells to aw...
I can build the living organisms from the scratch
27/03/2017
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The first-time geneticist Jef Boeke designed a synthetic chromosome, he sometimes wrote and edited its DNA sequence in a Microsoft Word document. His goal was to create a slightly altered version of yeast chromosome 9, the shortest of the 16 chromos...
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Gene Editing Tool CRISPR Is Making Scientists Face The Hard Questions
10/03/2016
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The CRISPR-Cas9 tool makes genetic engineering cheap and easy, making it a powerful tool that has the potential to be abused. Video provided by NewsyT...