| Please click here to view this in your browser. | | |  | | | |  | | | Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. That protein is called hemoglobin, and in sickle cell disease, aberrant hemoglobin creates misshapen red blood cells. These cells will not ... |
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| | |  | | | The expression of genes has to be very carefully controlled by cells; serious problems can arise when genes are expressed in the wrong places, at the wrong times, or at the wrong levels, for some examples. In the case of a gene called chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 2 (CHD2), excessive expression can ... |
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| | |  | | | A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO). The assay can identify the tuberculosis-causing pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum samples within a few hours ... |
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| | |  | | | The human genome is a molecule in action; the strands separate when they are being copied for cell division; DNA has to be carefully packaged to fit inside of cells and then it moves around to accommodate the transcription of active genes, for some examples. Scientists have now revealed intriguing links between ... |
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