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DNA Sequencing
DNA Sequencing: the process of determining the precise order of nucleotides within a DNA molecule. It includes any method or technology that is used to determine the order of the four bases-adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine-in a strand of DNA. The advent of rapid DNA sequencing methods has greatly accelerated biological and medical research and discovery.
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JUL 09, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2025Earth & The Environment
The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
While most of carry the same genes, those genes can have small changes or variations in their sequences, which can have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Unnecessary sequences called 'introns' are removed from gene transcripts. But where do they come from?Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2025Genetics & Genomics
How fast does the human genome change? Scientists have attempted to answer this question by studying mutation rates over ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 06, 2025Genetics & Genomics
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Scientists have identified a gene that can significantly increase the risk of Parkinson's disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have provided a diagnosis for 500 European patients who did not know their condition...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a major breakthrough in our understanding of Huntington's disease. This genetic disorder has long ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing has gone through several advances. A major breakthrough came when scientists began breaking the billi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2024Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2024Earth & The Environment
The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Easter Island, is ~2,000 km from the nearest Polynesian island and 3,700 km west ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2024Microbiology
Microorganisms are everywhere, even inside of our guts. The microbes we interact with can sometimes have a huge influenc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2024Genetics & Genomics
DNA has to be interpreted by cells. But that interpretation can change, depending on different factors...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Many rare diseases can be traced back to an error in a gene. Genetic mutations may not be inherited, and can arise out o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Our genome is organized into chromosomes, which are shaped like little X's. Every time a cell divides, the genome ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic sequencing can be expensive, and sometimes it can give us some information about our health or families...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
It's long been assumed that as cells divide in the human body, the genome is faithfully replicated in the resulting daug ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Computational and genomic tools have enabled researchers to explore the human genome and make many associations between ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2024Genetics & Genomics
During the development of a human embryo, a structure called the neural tube grows and will eventually give rise to the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2024Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies with microbes. The trillions of microorganisms in our guts have very clone connection ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The human genome is primarily composed of long stretches of repeat nucleotides that do not code for protein. This myster ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2024Immunology
Barcoding technologies that take advantage of the high information content that can be encoded in oligonucleotide sequen ...Sponsored By: Quantum-SiMAR 05, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are still debating exactly how and where humans fit on the evolutionary tree of great apes. A group of ancien ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2025
Earth & The Environment
The ocean contains a complex food web–the network of interactions among predators and prey that maintain healthy e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
While most of carry the same genes, those genes can have small changes or variations in their sequences, which can have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Unnecessary sequences called 'introns' are removed from gene transcripts. But where do they come from?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
How fast does the human genome change? Scientists have attempted to answer this question by studying mutation rates over
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 06, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
There is plenty of evidence to show that smoking cigarettes increases the risk of cancer and other health problems, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have identified a gene that can significantly increase the risk of Parkinson's disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have provided a diagnosis for 500 European patients who did not know their condition...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a major breakthrough in our understanding of Huntington's disease. This genetic disorder has long
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing has gone through several advances. A major breakthrough came when scientists began breaking the billi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2024
Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The fascinating and remote Rapa Nui or Easter Island, is ~2,000 km from the nearest Polynesian island and 3,700 km west
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2024
Microbiology
Microorganisms are everywhere, even inside of our guts. The microbes we interact with can sometimes have a huge influenc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
DNA has to be interpreted by cells. But that interpretation can change, depending on different factors...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many rare diseases can be traced back to an error in a gene. Genetic mutations may not be inherited, and can arise out o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Our genome is organized into chromosomes, which are shaped like little X's. Every time a cell divides, the genome ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic sequencing can be expensive, and sometimes it can give us some information about our health or families...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
It's long been assumed that as cells divide in the human body, the genome is faithfully replicated in the resulting daug
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Computational and genomic tools have enabled researchers to explore the human genome and make many associations between
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
During the development of a human embryo, a structure called the neural tube grows and will eventually give rise to the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2024
Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies with microbes. The trillions of microorganisms in our guts have very clone connection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The human genome is primarily composed of long stretches of repeat nucleotides that do not code for protein. This myster
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2024
Immunology
Barcoding technologies that take advantage of the high information content that can be encoded in oligonucleotide sequen
...
Sponsored By:
Quantum-Si
MAR 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are still debating exactly how and where humans fit on the evolutionary tree of great apes. A group of ancien
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch