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The Riddle of Swiss Cheese Holes Solved

The formation of holes in cheese has interested scientists for long time. In 1917 William Clark published a review article on Emmental cheese “eye” (the bigger type of cheese holes) formation, where he correctly concluded that bacterial…

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

Can Parents Transmit Memories to Their Offspring?

Biologists first observed “transgenerational epigenetic inheritance” in plants. But, over the past few years, evidence has accumulated showing that the phenomenon also occurs in rodents and humans. For example, in humans it has been…

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

Luck or DNA – Genetics of the Four-Leaf Clover and the Search for the Elusive Lucky Gene

The clover genome is very complicated and even though many scientists have tried to find the exact genes responsible for the four-leaf mutation, they haven’t been identified as of yet. In 2010 researchers from the University of Georgia,…

MEDICINE

Tetanus Vaccine Can Improve Immunotherapy for Lethal Brain Tumors

Innovative approach - Enhancing the effect of a vaccine therapy to improve patient survival. Researchers from the Duke Cancer Institute presented an innovative approach to prime the immune system of patients with glioblastoma multiforme…

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

Agents of Change – MIQE Guidelines New iBook

Can we trust your published qPCR data? The pressure to publish is causing shortcuts which result in misleading papers being published. Today there is a great deal of pressure to publish papers in high-ranking, high-impact factor journals…

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

Genetic Fingerprinting: Do Some Twins Have More Than One Father?

The only way to confirm heteropaternal superfecundation in human twins is genetic testing. It is very common that kittens or other animals from one litter can have different fathers. This happens when two or more eggs from the same menstrual…

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS, RESEARCH INSIGHTS

Major Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in Molecular Biology – Who Owns Whom?

In the last 15 years life science research and workflows have been transformed by new techniques and lab automation. Specialized kits for a plethora of molecular techniques, as well as new gadgets such as electronic pipettes, automatized…

INTERVIEWS, RESEARCH INSIGHTS

INTERVIEW: Open Your Mind to the Unlimited Future Possibilities

Short Coffee Break Conversation about the Future of Sequencing Meet Fang Chen, BGI - Beijing Genomics Institute, the world’s largest genomics organization. KLEMEN: Hello everyone, I'm here with Fang Chen from BGI. We are here in Freising…

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

Biomolecular Detection and Quantification Journal

Elsevier's Biomolecular Detection and Quantification (BDQ) journal is a new open access, peer-reviewed international journal focused on the application of qualitative and quantitative molecular methodologies to all areas of clinical and life…

MEDICINE

Smelling the Disease – the Use of Scent in Cancer Diagnostics

New research shows that dogs can beat expensive modern diagnostic methods in detecting cancer. The rationale behind the idea of using trained dogs to detect cancer in urine and blood samples or patient´s breath is that their sense of smell…

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The Riddle of Swiss Cheese Holes Solved

Can Parents Transmit Memories to Their Offspring?

Luck or DNA – Genetics of the Four-Leaf Clover and the Search for the Elusive Lucky Gene

Tetanus Vaccine Can Improve Immunotherapy for Lethal Brain Tumors

Agents of Change – MIQE Guidelines New iBook

Genetic Fingerprinting: Do Some Twins Have More Than One Father?

Major Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in Molecular Biology – Who Owns Whom?

INTERVIEW: Open Your Mind to the Unlimited Future Possibilities

Biomolecular Detection and Quantification Journal

Smelling the Disease – the Use of Scent in Cancer Diagnostics

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