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Gene Sequencing
Gene 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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MAY 31, 2022Microbiology
Even this juvenile nudibranch from Quadra Island, British Columbia, has a microbiome. / Image credit: Niels Van Steenkis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics were a revolutionary tool in the fight against bacterial infections. In recent years, however, the emergence ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 27, 2022Microbiology
The microbes in our gut have a significant impact on many aspects of our health. New research has indicated that bacteri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
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You may have heard of haploid and diploid species, which carry one set of unpaired chromosomes, or two sets chromosomes, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2022Health & Medicine
Since the onset of the pandemic, researchers and clinicians have been trying to determine why COVID-19 is more severe in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Geneticists have sought to understand the impact of genetic mutations, and what drives and maintains changes in DNA.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2022Microbiology
Bacteria live all around us, even in us. Though some bacterial pathogens can cause dangerous infections, many of those m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have learned a lot about individual genes, especially those that are connected to human disease. And while we ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Gulf War illness (GWI) is an umbrella term that describes an array of chronic symptoms that have impacted an estimated 2 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/acinetobacter-baumanni ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
While most of us tend to carry the same general set of genes, within the billions of bases that make up the human genome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2022Genetics & Genomics
A first of its kind study recently published in Nature Genetics that included 9,000 Americans of European or African anc ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 02, 2022Immunology
For many years, researchers have stressed the need to add diverse populations to genetic studies, which have often cente ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can impact anyone, but tends to affects women between the ages of 15 and 45. The dis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2022Immunology
The immune system has an incredible ability to remember past infections, so it can defeat pathogens that return more qui ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Most cells carry the complete genome in their nucleus, and as cells divide and age, they can pick up mutations in that g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Genes are transcribed from DNA into RNA, which is then processed in various ways before being translated into proteins. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2022Immunology
The immune system is an incredibly complex system that has to be able to rapidly spring into action, and then shut down ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2022Genetics & Genomics
While changes in the genetic code usually get attention because they cause disease, there are some genetic mutations tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2022Health & Medicine
Clinical trials are soon to be underway to examine the effectiveness of vaccines meant to prevent or delay cancer in hig ...Written By: Alexandria BassAPR 07, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Genome wide association studies seek to understand how very small change sin the human genome can contribute to disease ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2022Immunology
Twin studies can be enormously helpful to researchers that are trying to determine if the cause of a disease is genetic. ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2022
Microbiology
Even this juvenile nudibranch from Quadra Island, British Columbia, has a microbiome. / Image credit: Niels Van Steenkis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics were a revolutionary tool in the fight against bacterial infections. In recent years, however, the emergence
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 27, 2022
Microbiology
The microbes in our gut have a significant impact on many aspects of our health. New research has indicated that bacteri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The words “molecular biology” might sound intimidating to most, but it’s not quite as bad as you think
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 24, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
You may have heard of haploid and diploid species, which carry one set of unpaired chromosomes, or two sets chromosomes,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2022
Health & Medicine
Since the onset of the pandemic, researchers and clinicians have been trying to determine why COVID-19 is more severe in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Geneticists have sought to understand the impact of genetic mutations, and what drives and maintains changes in DNA.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2022
Microbiology
Bacteria live all around us, even in us. Though some bacterial pathogens can cause dangerous infections, many of those m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have learned a lot about individual genes, especially those that are connected to human disease. And while we
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Gulf War illness (GWI) is an umbrella term that describes an array of chronic symptoms that have impacted an estimated 2
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/acinetobacter-baumanni
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
While most of us tend to carry the same general set of genes, within the billions of bases that make up the human genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
A first of its kind study recently published in Nature Genetics that included 9,000 Americans of European or African anc
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 02, 2022
Immunology
For many years, researchers have stressed the need to add diverse populations to genetic studies, which have often cente
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Two new studies have revealed more about a bacterial pathogen that can infect the gut, clostridium difficile. There are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can impact anyone, but tends to affects women between the ages of 15 and 45. The dis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2022
Immunology
The immune system has an incredible ability to remember past infections, so it can defeat pathogens that return more qui
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Most cells carry the complete genome in their nucleus, and as cells divide and age, they can pick up mutations in that g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Genes are transcribed from DNA into RNA, which is then processed in various ways before being translated into proteins.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2022
Immunology
The immune system is an incredibly complex system that has to be able to rapidly spring into action, and then shut down
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
While changes in the genetic code usually get attention because they cause disease, there are some genetic mutations tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2022
Health & Medicine
Clinical trials are soon to be underway to examine the effectiveness of vaccines meant to prevent or delay cancer in hig
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
APR 07, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Genome wide association studies seek to understand how very small change sin the human genome can contribute to disease
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2022
Immunology
Twin studies can be enormously helpful to researchers that are trying to determine if the cause of a disease is genetic.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch