How DNA is Packaged (Advanced)
Each chromosome consists of one continuous thread-like molecule of DNA coiled tightly around proteins, and contai...d when eight separate histone protein subunits attach to the DN...omes known as chromatin. This structure, is then looped and further packaged using other protei...3888 days ago
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Genetics, epigenetics and disease
Royal Society GlaxoSmithKline Prize Lecture given by Professor Adrian Bird CBE FMedSc...ctrum disorder Rett syndrome is caused by loss of a protein that reads methylated CG and...re is awarded for original contributions to medical and ve...3885 days ago
Pharmacogenomics at Mayo Clinic
The right drug, at the right dose, for the right patient. Mayo Clinic uses the latest technologies to understand how drugs will work in individual patients, maximizing drug efficacy and minimizing the potential for side effects.3867 days ago
Microbiome - Making better use of bacteria
Bacterial cells outnumber human cells 10-to-1 in the average person....human genes 100-to-1. Mayo Clinic and the Center for Individualized Medicine are working to understand these diverse populations and desi...tridium difficile, celiac disease, and gluten sensitivities, are being...3867 days ago
How I discovered DNA - James Watson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/james-watson-on-how-he-discovered-dna Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA. Talk by James Watson.3864 days ago
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Drew Berry: Animations of unseeable biology
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Memories Can Be Passed Down Through DNA
The premise of Assassin's Creed is the reliving of other people...ny is joined by special guest and our friend Tara Long from Har...plain how this process works, and if it might apply to humans a...nfluences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generatio...to satisfying your curiosity and to...3659 days ago
Stephen Friend: The hunt for "unexpected genetic heroes"
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