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Bioinformatics: an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data. As an interdisciplinary field of science, bioinformatics combines computer science, statistics, mathematics, and engineering to analyze and interpret biological data.
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JAN 27, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Research shows how a bacterial pathogen that is resistant to antibiotics could potentially gain the ability to produce a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2017Microbiology
A new type of enzyme has been discovered in hundreds of bacterial species, and researchers say it helps reveal how bacte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2017Videos
Since the sequencing of the human genome, researchers have been trying to find out how to link genetic information and i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Our food supply has changed a lot in the many years of human civilization, and new research can help scientists understa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Small variations in our genetic information seems to result in bigger differences between individuals than was realized.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2017Microbiology
It can be incredibly challenging to give a patient the proper treatment when they are infected by an antibiotic-resistan ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed an extensive database encompassing all drugs and compounds that aim to extend lifespan. Calle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Mathematical modeling has been successfully used in myriad applications, from predicting the weather to understanding be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In the avalanche of research being generated on the human microbiome, it’s important to take a step back and think ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Everyone knows that friends and family influence your health and behavior to some degree. The question is how much? Rese ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJAN 29, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Artificial intelligence has helped researchers learn more about the biophysics of cancer. Research teams that worked in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2017Immunology
A team of scientists has created a genetic map of all possible receptors the human immune system might generate—al ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)NOV 08, 2016Microbiology
Your doctor thinks you may have sepsis - a condition where your body temperature shifts, and your heart and respiratory ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 02, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Decoy sequences of DNA are able to interfere with gene expression, and in ways that are not yet well understood. New fin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2016Cancer
Tiny non-coding RNA molecules are now being marshaled against breast cancer. In a recent report, scientists at the Massa ...SEP 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In the natural world, genes don’t always operate independently. They can function as part of a set of genes and ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2016Microbiology
For as long as civilization has existed, the enjoyment of fermented drinks has been a part of various cultures and tradi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the University of Minnesota uncovered startling differences between the gut microbiomes of captive and ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Glucocorticoids are steroidal hormones that signal through the glucorticoid receptor in complex ways throughout the body ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The FaceBase Consortium was established in 2009 to create a publicly available database - facebase.org - to study how fa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
An international consortium of researchers has published four related papers, in Nature Biotechnology here and here, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have begun to voice concerns about a perceived lack of data reproducibility. A pillar of the scientific metho ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Research shows how a bacterial pathogen that is resistant to antibiotics could potentially gain the ability to produce a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2017
Microbiology
A new type of enzyme has been discovered in hundreds of bacterial species, and researchers say it helps reveal how bacte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2017
Videos
Since the sequencing of the human genome, researchers have been trying to find out how to link genetic information and i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our food supply has changed a lot in the many years of human civilization, and new research can help scientists understa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Small variations in our genetic information seems to result in bigger differences between individuals than was realized.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2017
Microbiology
It can be incredibly challenging to give a patient the proper treatment when they are infected by an antibiotic-resistan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed an extensive database encompassing all drugs and compounds that aim to extend lifespan. Calle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mathematical modeling has been successfully used in myriad applications, from predicting the weather to understanding be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the avalanche of research being generated on the human microbiome, it’s important to take a step back and think
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Everyone knows that friends and family influence your health and behavior to some degree. The question is how much? Rese
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JAN 29, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Artificial intelligence has helped researchers learn more about the biophysics of cancer. Research teams that worked in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2017
Immunology
A team of scientists has created a genetic map of all possible receptors the human immune system might generate—al
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
NOV 08, 2016
Microbiology
Your doctor thinks you may have sepsis - a condition where your body temperature shifts, and your heart and respiratory
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 02, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Decoy sequences of DNA are able to interfere with gene expression, and in ways that are not yet well understood. New fin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2016
Cancer
Tiny non-coding RNA molecules are now being marshaled against breast cancer. In a recent report, scientists at the Massa
...
SEP 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In the natural world, genes don’t always operate independently. They can function as part of a set of genes and ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2016
Microbiology
For as long as civilization has existed, the enjoyment of fermented drinks has been a part of various cultures and tradi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the University of Minnesota uncovered startling differences between the gut microbiomes of captive and
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Glucocorticoids are steroidal hormones that signal through the glucorticoid receptor in complex ways throughout the body
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The FaceBase Consortium was established in 2009 to create a publicly available database - facebase.org - to study how fa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
An international consortium of researchers has published four related papers, in Nature Biotechnology here and here, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have begun to voice concerns about a perceived lack of data reproducibility. A pillar of the scientific metho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch