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Genetics technology broadly describes the tools and processes used to identify, treat, or monitor genetic disorders. Genetics technology can include laboratory testing, scientific instruments, and analytical software programs.
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JAN 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
The shiny skins of certain ribbonfish reflect light across a broad range of wavelengths, giving them a brilliant metalli ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 14, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A disease that causes blindness in both rats and humans could be prevented or reversed with a new genetic editing techno ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
From the Sanger Institute/ EMBL-EBI Single Cell Genomics Centre, scientists say it is now possible to assay both DNA met ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties. But the tiny particles are much more inter ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 10, 2016Immunology
Filling up on processed foods is usually easier than planning and cooking a healthy meal, but a new study shows that tak ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2016Genetics & Genomics
The complex functions of the human brain are what develop unique personality traits, behavior, memory, and so much more. ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 11, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi ...DEC 10, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro ...DEC 09, 2015Plants & Animals
In vitro fertilization is a process where scientists join a sperm and and egg outside of the female’s body in a co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In April of this year the FDA approved its first ever 3D printed pills. Progressing even farther, a team of researchers ...DEC 03, 2015Health & Medicine
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes bone to grow in abnormal ar ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) tabulated that 122,563 people currently are in need of a lifesaving organ tr ...NOV 20, 2015Plants & Animals
The problem of over-fishing our waters for salmon has been met with a scientific solution – that of genetically mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 11, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt ...NOV 04, 2015Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 25, 2015Videos
It's amazing to think about just how much humans have evolved over the last few thousand years. Breakthroughs in science ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 12, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria have the capacity to produce numerous substances for commercial and industrial applications. Despite this ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 30, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is an amazing thing. The brain has to process so much information that comes in, decode it and then store it some ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 29, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A scientific team including the scientist who first harnessed the CRISPR-Cas9 system for mammalian genome editing has re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 28, 2015Neuroscience
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists analyzing spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have discovered “surprising ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 27, 2015Neuroscience
Amyloids, fibrous protein clumps often associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, form characteristic p ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 27, 2015Neuroscience
Nearly two million Americans, aged 12 or older, either abused or were dependent on opioids in 2013, according to the Cen ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Duke University scientists have figured out the genetic code that instructs proteins to either self-assemble or disassem ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A modular system of proteins can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell and then trigger a specific response, such a ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JAN 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
The shiny skins of certain ribbonfish reflect light across a broad range of wavelengths, giving them a brilliant metalli
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 14, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A disease that causes blindness in both rats and humans could be prevented or reversed with a new genetic editing techno
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
From the Sanger Institute/ EMBL-EBI Single Cell Genomics Centre, scientists say it is now possible to assay both DNA met
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Gold nanoparticles have unusual optical, electronic, and chemical properties. But the tiny particles are much more inter
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 10, 2016
Immunology
Filling up on processed foods is usually easier than planning and cooking a healthy meal, but a new study shows that tak
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
The complex functions of the human brain are what develop unique personality traits, behavior, memory, and so much more.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 11, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Since their discovery in the early 1990s and 2000s, micro RNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in a variety of human condi
...
DEC 10, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro
...
DEC 09, 2015
Plants & Animals
In vitro fertilization is a process where scientists join a sperm and and egg outside of the female’s body in a co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In April of this year the FDA approved its first ever 3D printed pills. Progressing even farther, a team of researchers
...
DEC 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes bone to grow in abnormal ar
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) tabulated that 122,563 people currently are in need of a lifesaving organ tr
...
NOV 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
The problem of over-fishing our waters for salmon has been met with a scientific solution – that of genetically mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 11, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt
...
NOV 04, 2015
Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 25, 2015
Videos
It's amazing to think about just how much humans have evolved over the last few thousand years. Breakthroughs in science
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 12, 2015
Microbiology
Bacteria have the capacity to produce numerous substances for commercial and industrial applications. Despite this
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory is an amazing thing. The brain has to process so much information that comes in, decode it and then store it some
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 29, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A scientific team including the scientist who first harnessed the CRISPR-Cas9 system for mammalian genome editing has re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists analyzing spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have discovered “surprising
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Amyloids, fibrous protein clumps often associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, form characteristic p
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Nearly two million Americans, aged 12 or older, either abused or were dependent on opioids in 2013, according to the Cen
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Duke University scientists have figured out the genetic code that instructs proteins to either self-assemble or disassem
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A modular system of proteins can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell and then trigger a specific response, such a
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider