Cutting Edge HIV Therapy with Zinc-Finger NucleasesJuly 23, 2014Although HIV can nowadays be successfully managed with a cocktail of antiretroviral drugs that inhibit replication, the virus remains latent in the genome of infected individuals waiting to come out full throttle whenever it is given the chance. Therefore the hunt is still on for a strategy to give HIV infected cells the final blow. […]
Accelerating Histone Modification DecryptionJuly 23, 2014Unlike some reality show marriages that crack under the media spotlight, the union of automation and big data is still going strong, especially when it comes to cataloging histone post-translational modifications (PTM). Researchers from Princeton University show off a new systematic approach for figuring out just what all those histone PTM combinations are up to […]
Are Human Cord Blood iPSCs the Next Top Model?July 23, 2014It’s hard for most of us to imagine what life would be like without speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing, but individuals suffering from motor neuron disease don’t have to imagine this scenario. Motor neuron diseases, like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), strip thousands of people every year of […]
5′ UTR miRNA TargetingJuly 21, 2014The nightly news lately makes it seem like the world has gone upside down, and now we’ve got some science to back it. Honglei Zhou and Isidore Rigoutsos from Thomas Jefferson University recently revealed that mammalian miRNA targeting doesn’t always limit itself to 3′ miRNA action. It now seems that in addition to the traditional 3’UTR […]
Grab an Epigenetics Position at Active MotifJuly 21, 2014Our colleagues at Active Motif are searching for a new member for their team in the position of Product Specialist – Europe. If you dig epigenetics, and think you’ve got some business and marketing skills to go with it, then this may be a great fit for you! The crew at Active Motif is great […]
