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PubMed® comprises more than 37 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
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Genes
Gene sequences and annotations used as references for the study of orthologs structure, expression, and evolution
Collected information about gene loci
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Gene expression and molecular abundance profiles
Sequence sets from phylogenetic and population studies
Proteins
Protein sequences, 3-D structures, and tools for the study of functional protein domains and active sites
Conserved protein domains
Protein sequences grouped by identity
Protein sequences
Models representing homologous proteins with a common function
Experimentally-determined biomolecular structures
BLAST
A tool to find regions of similarity between biological sequences
Search nucleotide sequence databases
Search protein sequence databases
Search protein databases using a translated nucleotide query
Search translated nucleotide databases using a protein query
Find primers specific to your PCR template
Genomes
Genome sequence assemblies, large-scale functional genomics data, and source biological samples
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Heritable DNA variations, associations with human pathologies, and clinical diagnostics and treatments
Privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world
Human variations of clinical significance
Genotype/phenotype interaction studies
Short genetic variations
Genome structural variation studies
Genetic testing registry
Medical genetics literature and links
Online mendelian inheritance in man
PubChem
Repository of chemical information, molecular pathways, and tools for bioactivity screening
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News
Research news
NIH-sponsored trial of nasal COVID-19 vaccine opens
Candidate vaccine could provide enhanced breadth of protection against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Brain-driven prosthesis marks scientific advance for people with amputations
It’s a scientific advance that allows for a smoother gait and enhanced ability to navigate obstacles.
Providing lasting protection from peanut allergy
Children who regularly ate peanut-containing foods early in life had a greatly reduced risk of developing peanut allergy into adolescence.
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Quickly Find Chemical Information with PubChem
Did you know NCBI’s PubChem is the world’s largest collection of freely accessible chemical information? You can search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers, as well as find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more. We are constantly adding new data and working on … Continue reading Quickly Find Chemical Information with PubChem
Molecular Portrait of Key Driver of Pancreatic Cancer Offers Hope for Continued Treatment Advances
Cancer arises when changes in genes that normally control cell division lead to unchecked growth at the expense of healthy tissues. One of the most common genetic alterations across human cancers—occurring in 95% of pancreatic cancers but also many non-small cell lung cancers, colorectal cancers, and others—is in a gene known as KRAS. While promising new treatments targeting KRAS to shrink cancerous tumors have recently gained approval, less than 40% of pancreatic cancers respond to treatment with KRAS inhibitors for reasons that aren’t well understood. There’s much more to learn about how KRAS spurs cancer growth—and how KRAS-mutant cancers resist treatment with existing KRAS inhibitors. To address this need, researchers behind two studies in Science have established the most comprehensive molecular portrait yet of the workings of KRAS and how its many downstream impacts may influence outcomes for people with pancreatic cancer. The findings could lead to new treatment approaches, including ways to potentially guide treatment for individuals with pancreatic cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S.
The Big Three-O: LOINC Celebrates Three Decades of Standardizing Health Data Terminology
The Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) turns 30! Dr. Clem McDonald, creator of LOINC and NLM Senior Investigator, reflects on its history and achievements and the ways it revolutionized how clinical and laboratory data are documented and shared across healthcare systems.