Shivarov et al. designed and validated a novel bead-based suspension assay using BNA[NC] probes for the Luminex Lab Scan 200 flow platform to detect and quantify somatic mutations in Leukemia! -.- Shivarov et al. recently develop and validated a novel bead-based… Read More ›
Melanoma
Are viruses hiding within us?
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 ›
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 ›
What are microRNA (miRNA) mimics?
MicroRNA (miRNA) mimics are innovative biomolecules useful for research in gene targeting, antisense and cell reprogramming approches miRNA mimics are innovative molecules designed for gene silencing approaches. miRNA mimics contain nonnatural or artificial double stranded miRNA-like RNA fragments. These RNA… 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 ›
Peptide Based Vaccines For Immunotherapies
By Klaus D. Linse Can synthetic peptides be used for the development of vaccines against cancer cells? Many medical scientists think the answer is yes. In a study published by Schwartzentruber et al. in the “New England Journal of… Read More ›