article thumbnail

Women in Science Who Have Paved the Way Forward in Genetics

XTalks

In the experiments, Hershey and Chase infected bacteria with radioactively labeled bacteriophages (viruses that specifically infect bacteria), which consist of both DNA and protein. Through the radioactive labels, they were able to track which of the two, DNA or protein, was injected into the bacteria.

Genetics 119
article thumbnail

CRISPR breakthroughs: New solutions for common diseases

Drug Discovery World

Herpesviridae, Polyomaviridae, and Papillomaviridae), bacteria (e.g., It also enables the downregulation of gene expression by directly knocking out the cytoplasmic mRNA transcripts. CRISPR diagnostics have successfully detected various pathogens, including RNA viruses (eg.

DNA 98