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Biological Organisms
Biological Organisms: Living things that are capable of reacting to stimuli, reproduction, growth, and homeostasis. Organisms are classified by taxonomy into specified groups such as the multicellular animals, plants, and fungi; or unicellular microorganisms such as a protists, bacteria, and archaea. All types of organisms are capable of reproduction, growth and development, maintenance, and some degree of response to stimuli. An organism may be either a prokaryote or a eukaryote. Prokaryotes are represented by two separate domains-bacteria and archaea. Eukaryotic organisms are characterized by the presence of a membrane-bound cell nucleus and contain additional membrane-bound compartments called organelles.
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MAY 31, 2018Microbiology
Knowing how H. pylori establishes an infection will help develop better treatments for the pathogen.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2018Cannabis Sciences
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A team from the Institute of Cancer Research has published a comprehensive literature review and outlined a breakthrough ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAY 21, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can now move beyond the painstaking manipulation of individual genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2018Cancer
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Scientists are learning more about the microbes that we carry in and on our bodies, and how they impact our health.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2018Genetics & Genomics
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A new method can assess how the cell's protein factory is working, leading to a better understanding of viral proteins.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2018Cancer
Telomeres are shortened with each cell division except when telomerase is present; cancer cells restore telomerase activ ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 30, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
One way to combat the rise of antibiotic resistance is to find out how bacteria evade the effects of current drugs, to i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2018Microbiology
We have as many bacterial cells in our bodies as we do human cells, and those bacteria have a powerful impact on our hea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Advanced microscopy is getting better all the time, as stunning new movies from the team of physicist Eric Betzig, a gro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2018Microbiology
New research has suggested that the microbes carried by dogs and humans are very similar.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2018Microbiology
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Researchers have long wondered about the role of junk DNA, vast amounts of repetitive genetic material in our genomes th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 04, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Marine Geology poses the question: is the Mississippi slipping out from under us? The study, wh ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 30, 2018Microbiology
Some bacteria can 'eat' electricity or 'breathe' rocks; researchers are learning how to use them to create sustainable e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
This new tool, SPLiT-seq, uses barcoding to tease out the genetic information in individual cells within tissue.Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2018
Microbiology
Knowing how H. pylori establishes an infection will help develop better treatments for the pathogen.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers investigated the potential connections between the endocannabinoid system and tumor cell growth inhibition i
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 29, 2018
Cancer
Our gut microbiota is unique, but many organisms are shared across populations of people. Early research shows a connec
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 24, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers made an animal remember something that hadn't happened to it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the lens forms during development, its cells have to degrade some of their own parts.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing rare disorders is often extremely challenging. Now scientists have developed a new tool for that purpose.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 22, 2018
Cancer
A team from the Institute of Cancer Research has published a comprehensive literature review and outlined a breakthrough
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 21, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can now move beyond the painstaking manipulation of individual genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2018
Cancer
The malarial parasite expresses a protein, VAR2CSA, that binds to chondroitin sulfate (CS) found on both placental and c
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAY 20, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
We need good solutions to pest management in agriculture to feed a growing population as the environment changes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are learning more about the microbes that we carry in and on our bodies, and how they impact our health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Drug resistance is a growing threat to public health and is responsible for the death of around 23,000 people every year
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
A research team has learned more about the genes that influence our hair color.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can assess how the cell's protein factory is working, leading to a better understanding of viral proteins.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2018
Cancer
Telomeres are shortened with each cell division except when telomerase is present; cancer cells restore telomerase activ
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 30, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
One way to combat the rise of antibiotic resistance is to find out how bacteria evade the effects of current drugs, to i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2018
Microbiology
We have as many bacterial cells in our bodies as we do human cells, and those bacteria have a powerful impact on our hea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Advanced microscopy is getting better all the time, as stunning new movies from the team of physicist Eric Betzig, a gro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2018
Microbiology
New research has suggested that the microbes carried by dogs and humans are very similar.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2018
Microbiology
We share the planet, and our bodies with untold numbers of microbial species that exert a significant influence on our w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long wondered about the role of junk DNA, vast amounts of repetitive genetic material in our genomes th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 04, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Marine Geology poses the question: is the Mississippi slipping out from under us? The study, wh
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 30, 2018
Microbiology
Some bacteria can 'eat' electricity or 'breathe' rocks; researchers are learning how to use them to create sustainable e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
This new tool, SPLiT-seq, uses barcoding to tease out the genetic information in individual cells within tissue.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch