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Genetic Testing
A genetic test (DNA test) is a test used to assess the changes in the DNA or chromosome structure. This can be used in the medical field to rule out or discover possible genetic conditions of a patient.
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AUG 09, 2021Plants & Animals
New research suggests that human nose shape is not only driven by cold climates, as previously thoughtWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattAUG 08, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
A combination of two natural nutritional supplements, vitamin A and methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), can treat P ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 07, 2021Cancer
A combination of three immunotherapy drugs can eliminate pancreatic tumors in mice. The study was published in Canc ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 05, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Preterm births—when the baby is born fewer than 37 weeks gestational age—are very common. Experts estimate o ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 02, 2021Plants & Animals
Since March 2018, there have only been two northern white rhinos left on Earth. They live under armed guard 24 hours a d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2021Earth & The Environment
Cattle are losing important genetic adaptations to their environment due to a lack of genetic information available to f ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 29, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Since the dawn of the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges has been monitoring the crowned enemy as it spread through ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 22, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
To study biology, researchers need models. Once those models might have been a bit limited to organisms like rats or mic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotics are a standard treatment for bacterial infections, but more and more of these bacterial infections can't be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The human microbiome is intimately connected to our health; the genes and proteins expressed by gut microbes can influen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2021Microbiology
In October 2020, what's now called the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected. It's now the most prevalent strai ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Folate is necessary for a healthy pregnancy; low folate levels can lead to neural tube defects. A lack of folate, a nutr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
With newborn screenings, clinicians can now identify newly born infants that carry genetic mutations that will lead to d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The common, two-stranded helical structure of DNA was discovered over one hundred years ago. Many researchers would go o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2021Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to expand biofuel production with geneticall ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 28, 2021Microbiology
According to WHO there have been six cholera pandemics since the pathogen emerged from the Ganges river delta sometime i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic testing has shown that mutations in a gene called HUWE1 are connected to rare syndromes that cause developmental ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Most people think of viruses as nasty pathogens that can infect cells. Though it's taken time and testing, researche ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Archeological digs have told us a lot about human history, but genetic tools have been able to fill in some of the gaps ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2021Cancer
A new study finds cultured cancer cells lack genetic similarity to humans. This is concerning because cancer cell lines ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
We live in an age of information and data, and more is being generated every day. It's estimated that there are about te ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers found that a drug used in the treatment of mental illness can promote the fitness of healthy gut stem cells, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2021Immunology
Scientists at UCLA have decoded the “vocabulary” of immune cells—six distinct signals used as flares t ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
AUG 09, 2021
Plants & Animals
New research suggests that human nose shape is not only driven by cold climates, as previously thought
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
AUG 08, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
A combination of two natural nutritional supplements, vitamin A and methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), can treat P
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 07, 2021
Cancer
A combination of three immunotherapy drugs can eliminate pancreatic tumors in mice. The study was published in Canc
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 05, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Preterm births—when the baby is born fewer than 37 weeks gestational age—are very common. Experts estimate o
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 02, 2021
Plants & Animals
Since March 2018, there have only been two northern white rhinos left on Earth. They live under armed guard 24 hours a d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Cattle are losing important genetic adaptations to their environment due to a lack of genetic information available to f
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 29, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since the dawn of the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges has been monitoring the crowned enemy as it spread through
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 22, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
To study biology, researchers need models. Once those models might have been a bit limited to organisms like rats or mic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Antibiotics are a standard treatment for bacterial infections, but more and more of these bacterial infections can't be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The human microbiome is intimately connected to our health; the genes and proteins expressed by gut microbes can influen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2021
Microbiology
In October 2020, what's now called the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first detected. It's now the most prevalent strai
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Folate is necessary for a healthy pregnancy; low folate levels can lead to neural tube defects. A lack of folate, a nutr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
With newborn screenings, clinicians can now identify newly born infants that carry genetic mutations that will lead to d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The common, two-stranded helical structure of DNA was discovered over one hundred years ago. Many researchers would go o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to expand biofuel production with geneticall
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 28, 2021
Microbiology
According to WHO there have been six cholera pandemics since the pathogen emerged from the Ganges river delta sometime i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic testing has shown that mutations in a gene called HUWE1 are connected to rare syndromes that cause developmental
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Most people think of viruses as nasty pathogens that can infect cells. Though it's taken time and testing, researche
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Archeological digs have told us a lot about human history, but genetic tools have been able to fill in some of the gaps
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2021
Cancer
A new study finds cultured cancer cells lack genetic similarity to humans. This is concerning because cancer cell lines
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
We live in an age of information and data, and more is being generated every day. It's estimated that there are about te
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers found that a drug used in the treatment of mental illness can promote the fitness of healthy gut stem cells,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2021
Immunology
Scientists at UCLA have decoded the “vocabulary” of immune cells—six distinct signals used as flares t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes