This lecture and laboratory course will acquaint non-biology majors with the theory and practice of modern molecular biology, focusing on topics of current interest to society. The course will cover ...

Society’s growing need to understand and respond to problems at the biochemical and molecular levels is boundless. Researchers are rapidly developing powerful tools in order to analyze and model ...

Biotechnology uses knowledge obtained about organisms at the molecular level to inform diagnostic and therapeutic decisions, create new treatments using stem- and gene-therapies, produce novel ...

For teachers like Tom Martinez, the standard biology curriculum can feel a bit stale—teaching the same old units, recounting facts that have been passed down for decades. Yet science teachers often ...

This course is part of The Applied Sciences of Oncology (ASO) distance-learning course.Aim: To provide an understanding of the basic molecular biology and pathogenesis of malignancies.ObjectivesUpon ...

Before a cell divides and DNA is passed from one cell to another, a complex process occurs. The DNA strands unwind and separate. Each strand makes a complementary strand by adding the appropriate ...

If you’ve ever been asked to help put together a CME activity on molecular biology, you know how difficult it is to get program directors to explain what they’re doing in English. For help, you can ...

Nucleic acids and the people and proteins that love them have been honored with awards this year. In so doing, the prize committees have reaffirmed the importance of basic research. The 2006 Albert ...

A research team headed by Prof. Dr. Sebastian Arnold and Jelena Tosic from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Freiburg has now succeeded in deciphering basic molecular control mechanisms by ...