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Biochemistry
Biochemistry: the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. By controlling information flow through biochemical signaling and the flow of chemical energy through metabolism, biochemical processes give rise to the complexity of life.
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MAR 27, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some very diverse neurological systems have evolved in animals, like those carried by cephalopods, compared to those fou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 26, 2024Microbiology
There are trillions of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, each of which expresses its own genome, and carries ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
About half of all of the plastics in the world have been created since only 2000, and we are now swimming in the stuff. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 22, 2024Microbiology
The human gut microbiome contains a wide range of organisms, including different bacteria, viruses, and fungi, including ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease, an infectious illness caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdoferi, which are transmitted by tick bites. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
In cells, like the snowflake yeast in this image byTony Burnetti, proteins are translated and folded into very specific, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Human neurodevelopment is a complex process that involves at least 2,300 different genes and an array of biochemical pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans aren't capable of regenerating lost limbs, but our bodies can heal from many wounds. Whenever we scratch or cut o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The human genome may have been sequenced, but we are still learning about how it works. One of the features of the genom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
There are a variety of different type of arthritis, an autoimmune disorder that affects the joints. Arthritis has also b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
In 2009, scientists developed a concept called the planetary boundaries framework, which refers to nine Earth system pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2024Microbiology
Tens of thousands of people die from antibiotic resistant infections very year, and these pathogenic microbes present a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have revealed surprising parallels between aging and schizophrenia. There seem to be similar patterns of gene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2024Neuroscience
Can we map the brain to show its behavior patterns when a patient is healthy and sick? This is what a recent study publi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 05, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in our gastrointestinal tract can influence our health in many ways. Researchers are starting to learn more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2024Microbiology
Bile acids https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549765/ are essential to digestion, by acting like a kind of detergent ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 01, 2024Genetics & Genomics
As we interact with the world, we feel it when we touch things. The information we get when we touch things helps us car ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Many people know of the mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell, and this special organelle is unique in many ways. M ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2024Microbiology
Some soils in Iceland like those in this image are heated naturally, giving scientists like Dr Christina Kaiser a chance ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2024Microbiology
We host a world of microbes in and on our bodies, and many of those microbes are crucial to our health. But some microbe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic wasting disease, discovered in 1967, has since spread among deer, elk, moose, and other cervids to 23 US states, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2024Microbiology
The community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, the gut microbiome, is an essential partner in digestion. Those ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 08, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were getting lower, but that trend has reversed in recen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The detection of rare variants in the genome can take time and cost a lot of money. In recent years, scientists and clin ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some very diverse neurological systems have evolved in animals, like those carried by cephalopods, compared to those fou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2024
Microbiology
There are trillions of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract, each of which expresses its own genome, and carries
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
About half of all of the plastics in the world have been created since only 2000, and we are now swimming in the stuff.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 22, 2024
Microbiology
The human gut microbiome contains a wide range of organisms, including different bacteria, viruses, and fungi, including
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease, an infectious illness caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdoferi, which are transmitted by tick bites.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
In cells, like the snowflake yeast in this image byTony Burnetti, proteins are translated and folded into very specific,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Human neurodevelopment is a complex process that involves at least 2,300 different genes and an array of biochemical pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans aren't capable of regenerating lost limbs, but our bodies can heal from many wounds. Whenever we scratch or cut o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome may have been sequenced, but we are still learning about how it works. One of the features of the genom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are a variety of different type of arthritis, an autoimmune disorder that affects the joints. Arthritis has also b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In 2009, scientists developed a concept called the planetary boundaries framework, which refers to nine Earth system pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2024
Microbiology
Tens of thousands of people die from antibiotic resistant infections very year, and these pathogenic microbes present a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have revealed surprising parallels between aging and schizophrenia. There seem to be similar patterns of gene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2024
Neuroscience
Can we map the brain to show its behavior patterns when a patient is healthy and sick? This is what a recent study publi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 05, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in our gastrointestinal tract can influence our health in many ways. Researchers are starting to learn more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2024
Microbiology
Bile acids https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549765/ are essential to digestion, by acting like a kind of detergent
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
As we interact with the world, we feel it when we touch things. The information we get when we touch things helps us car
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many people know of the mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell, and this special organelle is unique in many ways. M
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2024
Microbiology
Some soils in Iceland like those in this image are heated naturally, giving scientists like Dr Christina Kaiser a chance
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2024
Microbiology
We host a world of microbes in and on our bodies, and many of those microbes are crucial to our health. But some microbe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic wasting disease, discovered in 1967, has since spread among deer, elk, moose, and other cervids to 23 US states,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2024
Microbiology
The community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, the gut microbiome, is an essential partner in digestion. Those
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were getting lower, but that trend has reversed in recen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The detection of rare variants in the genome can take time and cost a lot of money. In recent years, scientists and clin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch