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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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OCT 18, 2017Cancer
Using gene-editing technology in mice, scientists implicate a new fusion gene in the development of liver cancer. Becaus ...OCT 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno ...OCT 11, 2017Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 10, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k ...OCT 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have been looking for ways to image brain activity in animals that are not only alive but behaving normally ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers compared the effects of conventional soybean oil to genetically modified soybean oil.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2017Videos
Researchers have developed a way to infuse plants with special functions without the use of genetic engineering. This co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2017Neuroscience
Brain cancer, in all of its forms, is a highly aggressive form of the disease, that has proven difficult to access and t ...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 19, 2017Neuroscience
Picture a lab, with a semi-evil looking scientist cackling about controlling the brain with pulses of light. Sound like ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 16, 2017Cancer
Unlike some liquid biopsies that look for remnants of free-floating cancer DNA in the blood, scientists have designed a ...SEP 15, 2017Microbiology
Segmented filamentous bacteria (SFBs) are exactly what they sound like - a group of bacteria defined by their morphology ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Little is known about the mechanisms that underlie schizophrenia, which can be a debilitating psychiatric disorder. New ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are making strides in synthetic biology, and are not starting to learn how to add functionality to genomes, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
If there was a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, would you take it? For some researchers, the qu ...SEP 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 MarkerSEP 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Around one in every 68 children in the United States is affected by autism spectrum disorder. The etiology of the diseas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
An epidemiological study was paired with laboratory results to find what might have been the cause of this effect.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2017Cancer
For patients battling leukemia, there is hope in the form of a newly approved gene therapy. Called Kymriah, this is the ...AUG 24, 2017Microbiology
Scientists are learning more about the specialized microbiomes of elite athletes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2017Videos
In early April 2017, the FDA made a historic decision to approve 10 genetic tests by 23andme for direct-to-consumer use. ...AUG 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work is upending an old theory about the development of sex-specific mammalian reproductive systems.Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2017
Cancer
Using gene-editing technology in mice, scientists implicate a new fusion gene in the development of liver cancer. Becaus
...
OCT 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno
...
OCT 11, 2017
Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 10, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k
...
OCT 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have created a new way to deliver CRISPR that doesn't require a virus, and that worked better than CRISPR-Cas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have been looking for ways to image brain activity in animals that are not only alive but behaving normally
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers compared the effects of conventional soybean oil to genetically modified soybean oil.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Mutations in DNA can have a variety of harmful effects, but sometimes a mutation can confer a benefit.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2017
Videos
Researchers have developed a way to infuse plants with special functions without the use of genetic engineering. This co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2017
Neuroscience
Brain cancer, in all of its forms, is a highly aggressive form of the disease, that has proven difficult to access and t
...
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 19, 2017
Neuroscience
Picture a lab, with a semi-evil looking scientist cackling about controlling the brain with pulses of light. Sound like
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 16, 2017
Cancer
Unlike some liquid biopsies that look for remnants of free-floating cancer DNA in the blood, scientists have designed a
...
SEP 15, 2017
Microbiology
Segmented filamentous bacteria (SFBs) are exactly what they sound like - a group of bacteria defined by their morphology
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Little is known about the mechanisms that underlie schizophrenia, which can be a debilitating psychiatric disorder. New
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are making strides in synthetic biology, and are not starting to learn how to add functionality to genomes,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
If there was a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, would you take it? For some researchers, the qu
...
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
SEP 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Around one in every 68 children in the United States is affected by autism spectrum disorder. The etiology of the diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
An epidemiological study was paired with laboratory results to find what might have been the cause of this effect.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2017
Cancer
For patients battling leukemia, there is hope in the form of a newly approved gene therapy. Called Kymriah, this is the
...
AUG 24, 2017
Microbiology
Scientists are learning more about the specialized microbiomes of elite athletes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2017
Videos
In early April 2017, the FDA made a historic decision to approve 10 genetic tests by 23andme for direct-to-consumer use.
...
AUG 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work is upending an old theory about the development of sex-specific mammalian reproductive systems.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch