The Astonishing Story of Genome Organization: DNA Packaging in the Cell
Like most other experimental scientists, I hardly spend time in the library. In one of those rare occasions,…
Genes
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A Well-designed On/Off Switch for the Cellular Pathways
In living cells, ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a key molecule, which is transcribed from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and…
Your sleep shapes your hair
1- Your sleep shapes your hair Original Article: Akashi M. et al., PNAS 107, 15643 (2010). Feeling sleepy…
Playing with Genes: Gene Therapy
As we live our lives, we often come across problems that can block our way. If our car…
A Miraculous Mechanism: DNA Repair
We live in a world full of technological devices, instruments and machines. Even if we buy them from…
From Genes to Proteins: A New Level of Complexity
Newspapers frequently run articles reporting a study about a gene linked to some disease. Thanks to such wide…
Can Genes Alone Explain Everything?
Genetics is probably one of the fastest developing contemporary sciences with an incredibly large accumulation of knowledge. This…
Darwinism and Altruism, Is There A Problem?
In Darwin’s theory of the survival of the fittest, those individuals best adapted to their environments are most…
Cellular Defenses against Cancer
THE REASON WHY WE ARE PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPING CANCER, EVEN THOUGH OUR DNA IS UNDER NUMEROUS TYPES OF…
Darwin’s Black Box
Over since the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin in 1859, his theory of…
The Miraculous World of Oxygen
All living organisms require oxygen to live. As humans, we breathe to take in oxygen; if we were…
Genetic Engineering’s impact on our lives
Humanity’s efforts to control nature dates back as far as recorded history. However, our mastery over nature has…
From Cell to Body
Living creatures, which are arranged in an organization by a hierarchic system of non-living matter, are combinations of…
Is DNA Everything?
Over the last couple of years, we have heard a great deal about cloning, a scientific procedure that…
Antibiotic Resistance
If you think that killer plagues and superbacteria are the stuff of horror movies alone, you may need…