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  • What is Antigenic Drift?
    Life Sciences - 26 Feb 2019
    Antigenic drift is the accidental alteration of genes encoding antigens. It typically occurs in viruses and enables the pathogen to evade the immune system, triggering an infection once more.
  • How can Commensal Bacteria turn Harmful?
    Life Sciences - 3 Feb 2022
    The switch from commensal to pathogenic is considered to be an important switch that has direct consequences on human health.
  • Origins of Antibiotic Resistance
    Life Sciences - 17 Jan 2022
    As the use of antibiotics increases, as does antibiotic resistance. It is vital to understand how antibiotic resistance has emerged and the ways to prevent it.
  • What are Prions?
    Life Sciences - 23 Nov 2021
    Prions are proteins encoded by the PRNP gene that are composed of 253 amino acids.
  • Prokaryotic DNA Polymerases
    Life Sciences - 20 Jul 2023
    Prokaryotes contain five different types of DNA polymerase.
  • Editing Sperm DNA using CRISPR
    Life Sciences - 18 Nov 2019
    A group of reproductive biologists investigated the ability of CRISPR to alter the DNA of human sperm.
  • What are Viral Retroposons?
    Life Sciences - 21 Mar 2018
    Retroposons are repetitive DNA fragments that are inserted into a host chromosome after reverse transcription from an RNA molecule.
  • How Spatial Genomics Is Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Health and Disease
    Life Sciences - 11 Dec 2023
    Spatial genomics is a cutting-edge field that combines genomics and spatial analysis to investigate the role of genomic features in disease at single-cell resolution.
  • Using Biochemistry in the Treatment of Disease
    Life Sciences - 13 Apr 2022
    Biochemistry plays an important role in the treatment of disease.
  • Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Targeted Cancer Therapy
    Life Sciences - 28 May 2021
    Tyrosine kinase inhibitors, which reduce or eliminate the intensity of aberrant signals, are under thorough investigation as anticancer agents.

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