Serum in Cell Culture Today
Scientists are trying to reduce or replace animal serum in culture media due to ethical concerns, rising costs, batch variability, and concerns over infectious agents…
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Aging and Telomere Length Quantification by qPCR
Aging and Telomere Length Quantification by qPCR Aging is a time-dependent decline of the body’s functional capabilities and is an inevitable course of life (as shown in the image below,… Read more »
Primary Neurons vs Neuronal Cell Lines
Neuronal cell lines are commonly used for in vitro neurobiology studies because they are more easily transfected compared to primary neurons and they proliferate, whereas primary neurons do not. Neuronal… Read more »
Circadian Clock and its connection to Breast Cancer
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W Young for research that established key mechanistic principles on how circadian… Read more »
Value of qPCR in the Next Generation Sequencing Era
qPCR is still considered the gold standard for gene expression analysis, especially when template copy number is low. In short, NGS provides a great tool for analyzing a large number of genes to narrow down the research interest and qPCR provides a fast, reliable, and cost effective means to verify NGS results.
Perspectives on Cancer
Cancer is a collection of over 200 diseases where the only common denominator is rogue cells1,2. The ways in which a cell can go rogue is so varied that cancer… Read more »
Science Olympics: The effects of exercise on circulation and gene regulation
After watching displays of astounding athletic prowess in the 2016 Olympics, I was inspired to take a closer look at the science behind exercise training, recovery, and injury with a… Read more »
February is American Heart Month
American Heart Month Sponsor: The American Heart Association (http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/) Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Every year, 1 in 4 deaths… Read more »
Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects almost 44 million people worldwide. The disease typically begins with memory difficulties followed by trouble thinking, reasoning and processing emotions. The cause of AD is not… Read more »