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Podcast: BrdU in Adult Neurogenesis Research
Learn Bio-Rad’s practical tips for controlling your BrdU experiments in our podcast.
- Sep 02, 2018
- 1 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
The possible autoimmune nature of Parkinson’s disease
Discover new studies describing the auto-immune mechanism associated with the development of Parkinson's Disease.
- Jul 20, 2017
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
How Good Bacteria Protect Us from Pathogenic Infection
This blog describes studies demonstrating the beneficial role of commensal bacteria in treating microbial infections and antibiotic resistance.
- Jul 10, 2017
- 3 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Rats — An ideal animal model of human disease
Discover the features of rats that make them ideal animal models for scientific research and new discoveries generated using transgenic rat models.
- Jun 21, 2017
- 3 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Macrophages, obesity and insulin resistance
This blog post describes the mechanisms by which macrophages induce insulin resistance in the obese state.
- Mar 31, 2017
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
What do monocytes have to do with the heart?
This post describes the role of monocytes in heart disease and whether monocyte infiltration into the heart exacerbates disease or aids in its repair.
- Mar 02, 2017
- 1 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
The rise in Zika virus research — an update
This blog post highlights major research findings on ZIKV in 2016, and provides a perspective on how scientists addressed this public health issue.
- Feb 14, 2017
- 4 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
A Guide to Gating in Flow Cytometry
This blog post will take you through the various gating strategies for effective flow cytometry analysis.
- Dec 16, 2016
- 4 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Autophagy, and Neurodegeneration
This blog post highlights autophagy as a therapeutic strategy for neurodegeneration.
- Nov 11, 2016
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Killer bugs among us - the kissing bug and the Asian giant hornet
While insects are not the deadliest animals they can significantly impact human health. Learn about the killer bug and Asian giant hornet.
- Nov 07, 2016
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
When ubiquitination goes bad, knock it out for effective cancer therapy
This blog post highlights the key ubiquitin E3 ligases currently considered molecular drug targets.
- Jul 08, 2016
- 5 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
The oldest known naturally occurring cancer is transmitted between dogs
Learn more about the biology of the transmissible canine cancer CTVT and why it is a biological curiosity of significant magnitude in this blog post.
- Jun 13, 2016
- 3 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Monocyte-based cell therapy for treating diseases
This blog post discusses recent pre-clinical studies that suggest monocytes could be applied in a related manner to the treatment of diseases.
- May 25, 2016
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Inducing macrophages that work against rather than for cancer
Within the immune response to cancer macrophages present both a problem and solution. This post describes how they can assist with tumor clearance.
- Apr 15, 2016
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
The science of keeping pigs healthy
This blog post highlights novel gene-editing strategies to protect pigs against dangerous pathogens.
- Apr 03, 2016
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
GATA transcription factors and their role in cancer diagnosis and prognosis
The GATA family of transcription factors is emerging as key players in establishing new biomarkers for rapid and accurate detection of cancer. Find out more...
- Feb 15, 2016
- 3 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Immunological memory is no longer a unique trait of adaptive immune cells
The new finding of trained immunity challenges the basic tenets of immunology, blurring the line that separates innate and adaptive immunity.
- Jan 19, 2016
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Zika virus — a new viral threat for 2016?
In this blog post, we describe the history, epidemiology and biology of the Zika virus.
- Jan 11, 2016
- 3 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Journey to the antibody vial: the story of monoclonal antibodies in research
Join us as we take a walk down memory lane and tell the story of how monoclonal antibodies for research purposes came to be.
- Dec 08, 2015
- 3 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Does the Ebola virus ever really go away?
This blog post provides an update on the current Ebola epidemic, citing evidence that the virus can linger in immune privileged sites inside the body.
- Nov 18, 2015
- 3 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Tailor-made just for you: A future with precision medicine
"There has been a paradigm shift in how the treatment of diseases is approached." This post describes how genome sequencing is revolutionizing the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
- Nov 03, 2015
- 3 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Standardizing Antibody Validation
This blog post describes the current efforts and streams of thought for generating antibody validation standards to address the scientific reproducibility crisis
- Oct 20, 2015
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD
Natural phosphatase inhibitors: the danger around us
This post describes how natural phosphatase inhibitors impact on human health.
- Sep 29, 2015
- 2 min read
- Annalise Barnette, PhD