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Comparative Genomics
Comparative Genomics: is a field of biological research in which the genomic features of different organisms are compared. The genomic features may include the DNA sequence, genes, gene order, regulatory sequences, and other genomic structural landmarks.
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SEP 18, 2015Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 29, 2015Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In Australia, wheat is identified as a significant economically important crop worth over $4.5 billion dollars per year. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 20, 2015Genetics & Genomics
By storing information in DNA, large amounts of data can be preserved in a very stable fashion, according to Robert N. G ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 17, 2015Neuroscience
This week in North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Jason Yi made a connection between the UBE3A gene and autism ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many adults have moles, benign tumors on the skin. A mutation in the BRAF gene makes them grow and become cancerous.Now ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Personalized medicine could get a big boost from a new technique that is said to reduce the number of cells needed for e ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 17, 2015Microbiology
On a morning in March 2014, the South China Morning Post reported the discovery of a Megavirus, recovered from the ancie ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 15, 2015Microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A streptococcus (GAS), is a gram positive bacterium best known for causing p ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 18, 2015Cancer
According to the National Cancer Institute, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States, after ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 14, 2015Cancer
Oligodendroglioma, which can be an especially aggressive form of brain cancer, may be caused by a genetic mutation. Scie ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Life expectancy in the US is at an all-time high, according to a 2014 report released by the Centers for Disease Control ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 28, 2015Immunology
A phase III clinical trial has demonstrated the therapeutic benefit of the oncolytic virus Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-V ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAY 27, 2015Cancer
According to WebMD, lung cancer causes the most cancer-related deaths for both men and women worldwide. The American Can ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scanning one of those strange, square QR codes with your phone looks like a quaint invention compared to a new developme ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will HectorSEP 18, 2015Cancer
Women successfully treated for breast cancer know that it could return. New research published in the journal Clinical E ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 29, 2015Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In Australia, wheat is identified as a significant economically important crop worth over $4.5 billion dollars per year. ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 20, 2015Genetics & Genomics
By storing information in DNA, large amounts of data can be preserved in a very stable fashion, according to Robert N. G ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Microbiology
According to new research conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Michigan, the age of r ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 17, 2015Neuroscience
This week in North Carolina, UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Dr. Jason Yi made a connection between the UBE3A gene and autism ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many adults have moles, benign tumors on the skin. A mutation in the BRAF gene makes them grow and become cancerous.Now ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have discovered as many as 1,000 genetic mutations along the autism spectrum. One enzyme that could be respo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Personalized medicine could get a big boost from a new technique that is said to reduce the number of cells needed for e ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 17, 2015Microbiology
On a morning in March 2014, the South China Morning Post reported the discovery of a Megavirus, recovered from the ancie ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 15, 2015Microbiology
Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A streptococcus (GAS), is a gram positive bacterium best known for causing p ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 18, 2015Cancer
According to the National Cancer Institute, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States, after ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 14, 2015Cancer
Oligodendroglioma, which can be an especially aggressive form of brain cancer, may be caused by a genetic mutation. Scie ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Life expectancy in the US is at an all-time high, according to a 2014 report released by the Centers for Disease Control ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 28, 2015Immunology
A phase III clinical trial has demonstrated the therapeutic benefit of the oncolytic virus Talimogene Laherparepvec (T-V ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAY 27, 2015Cancer
According to WebMD, lung cancer causes the most cancer-related deaths for both men and women worldwide. The American Can ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 27, 2015Plants & Animals
In the tropical jungles of Madagascar there are thousands of different species of birds, monkeys, reptiles and insects. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 04, 2015Plants & Animals
Who doesn't like the sight of a fat, fuzzy bumblebee, zipping along the flowers, making sure they all get pollinated?Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells, which have the prospect of turning into any kind of cell, offer the alluring possibility of generating new t ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scanning one of those strange, square QR codes with your phone looks like a quaint invention compared to a new developme ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
Why were Neanderthals replaced by anatomically modern humans around 40,000 years ago? One popular hypothesis states that ...Written By: Will Hector
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