Using High-plex Protein Profiling to Discover Links Between Genes and Disease
Using High-plex Protein Profiling to Discover Links Between Genes and Disease
Protein characterization can help scientists better understand how molecular events influence health and disease and identify causal factors for disease states.
Protein characterization can help scientists better understand how molecular events influence health and disease and identify causal factors for disease states.
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Next-Generation PCR Instruments Boost Workflows
The Scientist Staff | Nov 1, 2024 | 2 min read
Modern, intuitive, and reliable thermal cyclers excel at optimizing sequencing, cloning, and genotyping throughput.
Two Genetic Regions Linked with Severe COVID-19
Abby Olena, PhD | Jun 8, 2020 | 4 min read
In a genome-wide association study, variants in both the ABO blood group locus and a cluster of genes on human chromosome 3 are more common among COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure than in the general population.
Accuracy of Genotyping Chips Called into Question
Grace Browne | Jul 24, 2019 | 4 min read
Chips used by some direct-to-consumer genetic testing firms display a false positive rate of upwards of 85 percent when screening for rare variants, a new study finds.
Scientists Continue to Use Outdated Methods
Catherine Offord | Jan 8, 2018 | 7 min read
The use of underperforming computational tools is a major offender in science’s reproducibility crisis—and there’s growing momentum to avoid it.
Researchers Grow “Frankenstein Ants” to Study Epigenetics
Jeffrey M. Perkel | Oct 1, 2016 | 4 min read
A molecular biologist ventures into entomology to use genetically modified ants as laboratory models of behavioral epigenetics.