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DNA investigations
To investigate DNA (usually in a forensic context), you must isolate the DNA from the evidence sample and process the sample so DNA codes can be obtained. In a forensic investigation, you would use isolate and test the DNA from a crime scene for comparison with DNA from a suspect.
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FEB 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes can be altered with chemical tags that get added to the genome, so-called epigenetic modifications ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Wooly mammoths are thought to have died out around 4,000 years ago in a remote area off the Siberian coast, called Wrang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2020Microbiology
The Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) has brought over 1,300 scientists together to gain new insights into th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2020Genetics & Genomics
A type of genetic mutation called chromothripsis was discovered a few years ago in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Machine learning algorithms are increasingly being applied to the vast amount of genetic data that has been generated ov ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mitochondria are one of the specialized structures or organelles that can be found in eukaryotic cells, as well as some ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Drugs have to be rigorously tested before they can be offered to patients, so it can be much easier to find more than on ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2020Cancer
A study from MIT. Harvard and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has concluded that almost 50 existing non-oncological dru ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 18, 2020Cancer
Have you fallen for the turmeric craze? That little orange root that yellows your fingers when you peel it has become ve ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 08, 2020Health & Medicine
Competing opinions regarding the safety of talcum powder have developed throughout the past several decades. Talc is com ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 02, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
In 2019, an estimated 46,000 Americans died from pancreatic cancer. Now, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appr ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 02, 2020Microbiology
Cell division is a crucial process for life; in order to create and maintain multicellular organisms, cells have to make ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Some genetic factors that contribute to ASD may involve mutations that are present only in a father's sperm.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2019Cancer
New research published recently in the journal Cancer aims to better understand the effects that aspirin can have on bre ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 22, 2019Microbiology
Our world is filled with microbes, and in every kind of environment, they compete for supremacy, a competition that date ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The CDC is warning people about an outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria that's been linked to store-bought puppies.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2019Microbiology
This is the first time that investigators have gotten a complete, ancient human genome from anything but bones.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Cancer cells can adapt to mutations in the genome that might kill the cells by altering the activity of their genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
While the human genome has been sequenced, there are plenty of parts of it that we don't know much about.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2019Cancer
New research published in the journal Cancers reports why flavonoids can aid in reducing the risk of colorectal cancer. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 28, 2019Chemistry & Physics
Quantum physics tells us about the properties and behaviors of particles in the atomic and subatomic world. But scientis ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 26, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetic diseases are still relatively rare, but when women use fertility treatments, the risk of epigenetic disease i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Algae were the first pants on earth, and they lived underwater. How they managed to move onto land was largely a mystery ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 22, 2019Cancer
New research published in Nature suggests that ring-shaped extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) is particularly abundant in tumo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The activity of genes can be altered with chemical tags that get added to the genome, so-called epigenetic modifications
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Wooly mammoths are thought to have died out around 4,000 years ago in a remote area off the Siberian coast, called Wrang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2020
Microbiology
The Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes (PCAWG) has brought over 1,300 scientists together to gain new insights into th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
A type of genetic mutation called chromothripsis was discovered a few years ago in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Machine learning algorithms are increasingly being applied to the vast amount of genetic data that has been generated ov
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mitochondria are one of the specialized structures or organelles that can be found in eukaryotic cells, as well as some
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Drugs have to be rigorously tested before they can be offered to patients, so it can be much easier to find more than on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2020
Cancer
A study from MIT. Harvard and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has concluded that almost 50 existing non-oncological dru
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 18, 2020
Cancer
Have you fallen for the turmeric craze? That little orange root that yellows your fingers when you peel it has become ve
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 08, 2020
Health & Medicine
Competing opinions regarding the safety of talcum powder have developed throughout the past several decades. Talc is com
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 02, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
In 2019, an estimated 46,000 Americans died from pancreatic cancer. Now, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has appr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 02, 2020
Microbiology
Cell division is a crucial process for life; in order to create and maintain multicellular organisms, cells have to make
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Some genetic factors that contribute to ASD may involve mutations that are present only in a father's sperm.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2019
Cancer
New research published recently in the journal Cancer aims to better understand the effects that aspirin can have on bre
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 22, 2019
Microbiology
Our world is filled with microbes, and in every kind of environment, they compete for supremacy, a competition that date
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The CDC is warning people about an outbreak of drug-resistant bacteria that's been linked to store-bought puppies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2019
Microbiology
This is the first time that investigators have gotten a complete, ancient human genome from anything but bones.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer cells can adapt to mutations in the genome that might kill the cells by altering the activity of their genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
While the human genome has been sequenced, there are plenty of parts of it that we don't know much about.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2019
Cancer
New research published in the journal Cancers reports why flavonoids can aid in reducing the risk of colorectal cancer.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 28, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
Quantum physics tells us about the properties and behaviors of particles in the atomic and subatomic world. But scientis
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetic diseases are still relatively rare, but when women use fertility treatments, the risk of epigenetic disease i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Algae were the first pants on earth, and they lived underwater. How they managed to move onto land was largely a mystery
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 22, 2019
Cancer
New research published in Nature suggests that ring-shaped extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) is particularly abundant in tumo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan