Top 7 in Molecular Biology A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in molecular biology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000 1. Lighting up RNA A novel technique for tagging and following RNA processes in live cells promises to illuminate RNA biology the way green fluorescent protein (GFP) did for the study of proteins.
First monkeys with customized mutations born Niu et al., Cell Twin cynomolgus monkeys born in China are the first with mutations in specific target genes. The ultimate potential of precision gene-editing techniques is beginning to be realised. Today, researchers in China report the first monkeys engineered with targeted mutations1, an achievement that could be a stepping stone to making more realistic research models of human diseases. Xingxu Huang, a geneticist at the Model Animal Research Center of Nanjing University in China, and his colleagues successfully engineered twin cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) with two targeted mutations using the CRISPR/Cas9 system — a technology that has taken the field of genetic engineering by storm in the past year.
Yusuke Kishi Yusuke Kishi (貴志 祐介, Kishi Yūsuke?, born 1959) is a Japanese author. Biography[edit] He graduated from Kyoto University with a degree in Economics. After working for a life insurance company for several years, Kishi started his writing career as a freelancer. He has twice won the Japan Horror Novel Award, and boasts bestselling status in Japan with multiple works adapted to the screen.
Top 7 in Cancer Biology A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in cancer biology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000 Newt lung cells in early anaphaseNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH 1. Signaling cell division Researchers uncovered the pulses of external signaling factors that push resting cells to divide. Scientific collections The DNA Bank of Senckenberg and BiK-F Molecular data, particularly DNA sequences, are increasingly important for biosystematics, ecology and nature conservation. DNA sequences and fingerprints is routinely generated by many research groups because some of the most interesting questions about the evolution of life or the interactions between organisms in ecosystems cannot be answered without such data. The Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum (SGN) houses millions of collections that form a huge archive for basic research in this field. At room temperature, DNA slowly degrades. It is technically difficult to isolate intact DNA from old museum collections.
Craig Venter Early life and education[edit] Venter was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Elizabeth and John Venter.[6] In his youth, he did not take his education seriously, preferring to spend his time on the water in boats or surfing.[7] According to his biography, A Life Decoded, he was said to never be a terribly engaged student, having Cs and Ds on his eighth-grade report cards.[8] He graduated from Mills High School in Millbrae, California. Although he was against the Vietnam War,[9] Venter was drafted and enlisted in the United States Navy where he worked in the intensive-care ward of a field hospital.[10] While in Vietnam, he attempted suicide by swimming out to sea, but changed his mind more than a mile out.[11] Being confronted with wounded, maimed, and dying soldiers on a daily basis instilled in him a desire to study medicine[12] — although he later switched to biomedical research. Venter began his college career at a community college, College of San Mateo in California.
Top 7 in Genomics & Genetics A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in genomics, genetics and related areas, from Faculty of 1000 HIV budding from cell membrane.WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, NIH1. Lighting up RNA A novel technique for tagging and following RNA processes in live cells promises to illuminate RNA biology the way green fluorescent protein (GFP) did for the study of proteins. The tagging method consists of short RNA sequences that bind to GFP-like fluorophores and produce a wide range of colors. These RNA-fluorophore complexes can then be fused to RNAs in the cell.
GeneWatch > Current Issue > About GeneWatch > 25 Years of GeneWatch > Submit Articles The Promises, Demands, and Risks of Garage Biology As you're reading this there is an amateur scientist, somewhere, doing an experiment. Community lab spaces are cropping up across the globe where ordinary people can get together to pool resources and brain power to come up with new technologies. Many are tinkering with electronics, but some are dabbling with living systems.