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Gene mapping
Gene mapping plots the locations of genes on chromosomes, and they can be used to predict genes which are inherited together. The closer genes are located to one another on a chromosome increases the probability of being inherited together.
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SEP 11, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, researchers have modeled mitosis in interactive 4D.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2018Microbiology
We share the world with an untold number of microorganisms, most of which pose no threat to us; but some microbes can be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic rhinosinusitis is different from allergies; it leads to serious inflammation and swelling in the sinuses that ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Portions of DNA that do not seem to have a function are referred to as “junk”. Now, according to a study pub ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 12, 2018Microbiology
Microbes have to first pass through the harsh stomach environment to colonize the gastrointestinal tract.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This rare type of cell seems to play a major role in cystic fibrosis.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2018Cancer
New advances have made it possible for immunotherapy researchers to use natural killer cells, which are our body's norma ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 17, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
International researchers have sought to be the first in mapping family trees of cancer cells in acute myeloid leukemia ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 04, 2018Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 26, 2018Cancer
An introduction to genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, and metabolomics.Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUN 11, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins in our blood carry out many critical functions, and can become disrupted in disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2018Genetics & Genomics
While investigating how the human brain evolved, scientists found a region of the genome about which little is known; th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia can be a debilitating disease, and for many years, researchers have been trying to understand more about w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2018Cannabis Sciences
The endocannabinoid system is the body’s system that regulates an array of other systems in the body. It wor ...Written By: Melissa MooreAPR 22, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used CRISPR to alter adult animals instead of changing them from birth; they found something surprising, cha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2018Microbiology
Nature produces some amazing colors, like the pigments on the feathers of a bird or the wings of a butterfly.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies naturally follow the cycle of the day, in a process called circadian rhythm. The expression of many genes app ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2018Immunology
How does a West African monkey species called sooty mangabeys resist SIV, the “monkey version” of HIV, and p ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 26, 2017Microbiology
One way that bacterial infections get around antibiotics is by using sleeper cells; these special cells lie dormant, sur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish don't seem to have a lot in common with people, but they make an excellent research model.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2017Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form cancer that has a meager survival rate. Sadly, despite hundreds of research studies, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 24, 2017Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2017Immunology
What scientists are calling the B cell “clonal geography” has been the subject of a long project at the Univ ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 31, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The FDA has been making quite a few historic decisions as of late, including the approval of the first gene therapy for ...
SEP 11, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, researchers have modeled mitosis in interactive 4D.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2018
Microbiology
We share the world with an untold number of microorganisms, most of which pose no threat to us; but some microbes can be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic rhinosinusitis is different from allergies; it leads to serious inflammation and swelling in the sinuses that ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Portions of DNA that do not seem to have a function are referred to as “junk”. Now, according to a study pub
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 12, 2018
Microbiology
Microbes have to first pass through the harsh stomach environment to colonize the gastrointestinal tract.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This rare type of cell seems to play a major role in cystic fibrosis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2018
Cancer
New advances have made it possible for immunotherapy researchers to use natural killer cells, which are our body's norma
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 17, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
International researchers have sought to be the first in mapping family trees of cancer cells in acute myeloid leukemia
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 04, 2018
Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no well-understood cause. Experts know that tangles of tau protein that develop
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 26, 2018
Cancer
An introduction to genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, and metabolomics.
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUN 11, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Proteins in our blood carry out many critical functions, and can become disrupted in disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
While investigating how the human brain evolved, scientists found a region of the genome about which little is known; th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Schizophrenia can be a debilitating disease, and for many years, researchers have been trying to understand more about w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
The endocannabinoid system is the body’s system that regulates an array of other systems in the body. It wor
...
Written By:
Melissa Moore
APR 22, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used CRISPR to alter adult animals instead of changing them from birth; they found something surprising, cha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2018
Microbiology
Nature produces some amazing colors, like the pigments on the feathers of a bird or the wings of a butterfly.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies naturally follow the cycle of the day, in a process called circadian rhythm. The expression of many genes app
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2018
Immunology
How does a West African monkey species called sooty mangabeys resist SIV, the “monkey version” of HIV, and p
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 26, 2017
Microbiology
One way that bacterial infections get around antibiotics is by using sleeper cells; these special cells lie dormant, sur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish don't seem to have a lot in common with people, but they make an excellent research model.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2017
Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form cancer that has a meager survival rate. Sadly, despite hundreds of research studies,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 24, 2017
Microbiology
The group A Streptococcus pathogen can cause a range of illnesses, from a relatively minor case of strep throat to a fle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2017
Immunology
What scientists are calling the B cell “clonal geography” has been the subject of a long project at the Univ
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 31, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The FDA has been making quite a few historic decisions as of late, including the approval of the first gene therapy for
...