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Enterovirus 71 Structure

Enterovirus is a non-enveloped RNA virus belonging to the picornaviridae family.

7 Jun 2018

Senescence and Aging

Senescence occurs in three different scenarios: senescence due to normal aging; senescence due to age-related diseases, and senescence induced due to therapy

7 Jun 2018

Dielectric spectroscopy is a type of impedance spectroscopy that measures the dielectric properties of a system as a function of frequency. The external field interacts with the dipole moment of the sample which is expressed as its permittivity.

7 Jun 2018

Cloning Unicellular Organisms

Molecular cloning is usually carried out on one gene or small DNA segment at a time. However, cloning technology has advanced to the stage that scientists have begun cloning genomes of entire unicellular organisms. This approach could be valuable for engineering organisms that thus far have not been amenable to propagation and engineering through conventional laboratory method

7 Jun 2018

Biofilms in Human Disease

A biofilm is a community of microbes on a surface that is encased in a polymer coating. Bacteria that grow attached to surfaces rather than floating in a liquid are called sessile. Most bacteria in nature are sessile, and aggregates of sessile bacteria can form biofilms.

7 Jun 2018

Notch Signaling and Diseases

The notch signaling pathway plays a major role in regulating various cellular processes during development, therefore dysregulation of this pathway can lead to disease.

7 Jun 2018

Horizontal Gene Transfer

Horizontal Gene Transfer (or HGT) is the process of an organism acquiring another organism’s DNA, usually through absorbing the ‘target’ organism, resulting in an endosymbiotic relationship.

7 Jun 2018

Live-cell Lattice Light-sheet Microscopy (LLSM) Applications

Live-cell lattice light-sheet microscopy (LLSM) is a technique for imaging cells rapidly. It has applications in nanoscience and cell membrane visualization.

5 Jun 2018

What Are Cyclins?

The cell cycle is regulated by cyclins, a type of protein that binds and activates cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs).

5 Jun 2018

Krebs Cycle Enzymes

The Krebs cycle, also known as the citric acid cycle, is a series of enzymatic reactions that releases energy from stored carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

4 Jun 2018

Organism Cloning

There are a number of technologies that have been used for cloning, including those used to clone genes, single cells and whole organisms.

4 Jun 2018

What are Nanomicelles?

Nanomicelles are ultramicrosopic globular structures that consist of exterior hydrophilic polar heads and an interior hydrophobic fatty acyl chain.

1 Jun 2018

What is Ferroptosis?

Ferroptosis is a form of programmed cell death, distinct from apoptosis, that was identified in 2012.

1 Jun 2018

Proteostasis and Aging

The proteome, defined as the complete set of proteins within an organism, is maintained by a highly controlled process called proteostasis.

1 Jun 2018

What is Elastin?

Elastin is an extracellular matrix protein that lends elasticity and resilience to tissues such as the arteries, lungs, tendons, skin, and ligaments. Elastic fibers have two components, one of which is encoded by the ELN gene.

30 May 2018

What are Bacteriophages?

Bacteriophages are small, virus-like organisms that infect bacteria. They are comprised of a protein capsule around an RNA or DNA genome.

30 May 2018

Molecular Cloning

Molecular cloning refers to the replication and recombination of DNA molecules. The first cloning experiments were carried out in the 1970s, when restriction endonucleases were discovered. Restriction endonucleases are enzymes that selectively cleave and cut DNA like a pair of scissors.

29 May 2018