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Honeysuckle tea, a well-known traditional Chinese medicine, is used to treat lung ailments. Researchers have identified a miRNA as the active ingredient in honeysuckle that targets influenza A viruses....
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Learn how DNA sequencing is leading to progress in the rapid identification of variants that might be involved in genetic diseases. Thanks to this work, Dr Kingsmore and his team now hold a Guinness...
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Single cell sequencing provides first hand high resolution genotypic and phenotypic data of every single cell and its response to its microenvironment. Although a major constraint to sequencing single...
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In a world of rapid international travel, obscure viral infections such as Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue can quickly spread to become a global crisis. The early symptoms of these serious diseases are...
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Have you ever wondered why your heart cell is different from your brain cell, when they both contain the same DNA? The answer is Epigenetics! Epigenetics is the study of changes in organisms caused...
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Moths are active at night and like other insects use chemical cues in the environment to find a mate, avoid danger, lay eggs, and find food. Researchers are studying biosynthesis and regulation of sex...
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The Illumina Scientific Affairs team discusses how sequencing is used to track changes in the microbes that colonize our gut in relation to the food we consume. With a balanced diet the gut microbiome...
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Cheesemakers manage to make the same type of cheese in different parts of the world. Cheese and its rind are both a complex community of bacteria and fungus. Researchers use Illumina sequencing technology...