Recent research results indicate that viral sequences are part of us. Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) or endogenous retroviral elements (ERVs) have been identified in eukaryotic genomes including the human genome. The findings revealed the enormous scale of the invasion of… Read More ›
Centromere
RNA FISH can be used to visualize subcellular locations of RNA or RNA-RBP complexes including the location of noncoding RNAs !
RNA FISH allows the identification and localization of noncoding RNAs in cells ! Ribonucleic Acid Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (RNA FISH) is a visualization technique that allows simultaneous detection, localization, and quantification of individual RNA molecules at the subcellular level…. Read More ›
DNA Methylation
What is DNA Methylation? . DNA methylation is a biochemical reaction that adds a methyl group to DNA nucleotides. The methylation of DNA has been found to alter the expression of genes in cells during development. BSI can help you… Read More ›
News from the AACR meeting 2013 in Washington, DC
The AACR 2013 Meeting in Washington DC To find out about AACR you can click on this link: http://www.aacr.org/home/about-us.aspx News from the AACR 2013 Meeting The AACR publishes progress reports on the development of cancer occurrences and advancements made in… Read More ›
Q-FISHing to monitor molecular aging
By Klaus D. Linse Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) for Telomere Length Quantification or Q-FISH evolves into High-Throughput Q-FISH Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a powerful tool and probes that exhibit high DNA and RNA affinities promise to improve… Read More ›
A brief history of Bridged Nucleic Acids (BNAs)
By Klaus D. Linse 01/03/2013 A quest for better oligonucleotide mimics. The quest for oligonucleotide mimics with improved characteristics and stabilities useful for molecular diagnostics and therapeutics that also show minimal side effects has led to the design and synthesis… Read More ›