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Cancer Genomics
Cancer Genomics is a relatively new research area that takes advantage of recent technological advances to study the human genome, meaning our full set of DNA. Genomics is transforming how we study, diagnose and treat cancer.
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OCT 27, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is caused by genetic mutations that lead to the abnormal accumulation of iron in differe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2022Neuroscience
Lawyer Henry T. Greely analyzes the relevance of Mary Shelley's classic, "Frankenstein," in light of today's bioscienceOCT 18, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Mitochondria are often called the powerhouse of the cell, and these organelles are well-known for their energy-generatin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Though invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is the second-most common type of breast cancer, it has historically been resear ...Written By: Zoe MichaudOCT 16, 2022Microbiology
WHO has estimated that there are almost 300 million people with chronic hepatitis B infections, and there are around 1.5 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2022Cancer
Point mutations change one or very few nucleotides in DNA, but they cause an estimated 30,000 genetic diseases in humans ...OCT 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long known that certain things are risk factors for severe cases of COVID-19, such as old age or obesit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2022Genetics & Genomics
For many years researchers focused attention on protein-coding genes, and while they are very important, they only accou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 22, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 caused many scientists to begin studying infectious disease, in search of ways to stop the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The promise of NGS in personalized cancer care For years, next-generation sequencing (NGS) has enabled oncologists to id ...Sponsored By: Roche SequencingSEP 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The majority of SARS-CoV-2 infections start to get better within several days, although infected people can shed virus a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, a mountain of evidence has revealed the significance of the human gut microbiome, a community of bacter ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2022Cancer
Early detection of cancer benefits patients with almost all cancer types. Late-stage tumors remain more difficult ...Written By: Katie KokolusSEP 07, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
When genes in a cell are active, they are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. So researchers can take a sna ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2022Health & Medicine
If you have ever done research for school or work, or simply been curious about a scientific finding and wanted to read ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Stem cells hold tremendous potential, because they can specialize into any type of cell. During development, stem cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2022Immunology
Researchers have used advanced sequencing techniques to analyze immune cells in great detail. This work has shown that o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Optogenetics is a technique that has been in development for several years, and aims to combine optics and genetics to u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2022Immunology
For the second time this year and only the fourth time ever, researchers have announced that a person has been cured of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2022Immunology
Our immune cells can target cancer, but T cells can become worn out and exhausted during lengthy battles, and they ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Errors in human genes can lead to many different types of diseases, and scientists have been searching for ways to corre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2022Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2022Immunology
Since researchers began to examine it in detail, the gut microbiome has been associated with myriad aspects of human hea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2022Genetics & Genomics
When the genomes of parents come together to create the genome of a child, their DNA recombines; similar parts are rearr ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is caused by genetic mutations that lead to the abnormal accumulation of iron in differe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2022
Neuroscience
Lawyer Henry T. Greely analyzes the relevance of Mary Shelley's classic, "Frankenstein," in light of today's bioscience
OCT 18, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Mitochondria are often called the powerhouse of the cell, and these organelles are well-known for their energy-generatin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Though invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) is the second-most common type of breast cancer, it has historically been resear
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
OCT 16, 2022
Microbiology
WHO has estimated that there are almost 300 million people with chronic hepatitis B infections, and there are around 1.5
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2022
Cancer
Point mutations change one or very few nucleotides in DNA, but they cause an estimated 30,000 genetic diseases in humans
...
OCT 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long known that certain things are risk factors for severe cases of COVID-19, such as old age or obesit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
For many years researchers focused attention on protein-coding genes, and while they are very important, they only accou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 22, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 caused many scientists to begin studying infectious disease, in search of ways to stop the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The promise of NGS in personalized cancer care For years, next-generation sequencing (NGS) has enabled oncologists to id
...
Sponsored By:
Roche Sequencing
SEP 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The majority of SARS-CoV-2 infections start to get better within several days, although infected people can shed virus a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, a mountain of evidence has revealed the significance of the human gut microbiome, a community of bacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2022
Cancer
Early detection of cancer benefits patients with almost all cancer types. Late-stage tumors remain more difficult
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
SEP 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When genes in a cell are active, they are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. So researchers can take a sna
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2022
Health & Medicine
If you have ever done research for school or work, or simply been curious about a scientific finding and wanted to read
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Stem cells hold tremendous potential, because they can specialize into any type of cell. During development, stem cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2022
Immunology
Researchers have used advanced sequencing techniques to analyze immune cells in great detail. This work has shown that o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Optogenetics is a technique that has been in development for several years, and aims to combine optics and genetics to u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2022
Immunology
For the second time this year and only the fourth time ever, researchers have announced that a person has been cured of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2022
Immunology
Our immune cells can target cancer, but T cells can become worn out and exhausted during lengthy battles, and they
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Errors in human genes can lead to many different types of diseases, and scientists have been searching for ways to corre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2022
Immunology
Since researchers began to examine it in detail, the gut microbiome has been associated with myriad aspects of human hea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
When the genomes of parents come together to create the genome of a child, their DNA recombines; similar parts are rearr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch