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Genetics
Genetics: the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms. It is generally considered a field of biology, but intersects frequently with many other life sciences and is strongly linked with the study of information systems. The father of genetics is Gregor Mendel, a late 19th-century scientist and Augustinian friar. Mendel studied "trait inheritance", patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring. He observed that organisms (pea plants) inherit traits by way of discrete "units of inheritance". This term, still used today, is a somewhat ambiguous definition of what is referred to as a gene.
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FEB 04, 2023Coronavirus
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause infections as it mutates into new variants. While the vaccines that are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a autoimmune genetic disease that results in a person’s pancreas not making enough insuli ...Written By: Greta AnneFEB 03, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
When a gene is active, cellular machinery transcribes that gene into a molecule called messenger RNA. A variety of modif ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2023Health & Medicine
Cole Butler is a 3rd-year PhD student in the Biomathematics Graduate Program at North Carolina State University whose re ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 02, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have gained new insight into an eating disorder called ARFID, and the work has revealed that genetics are ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 01, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were able to take advantage of "an incredibly unique opportunity" to study the microbial life that rapidly c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2023Immunology
Inflammation can be affected by fatty acid intake. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease, and rates have been increas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2023Genetics & Genomics
The Finnish population has provided investigators with a rare opportunity. Most Finns descend from a small, so-called fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2023Neuroscience
Normally, the measles virus only infects immune and epithelial cells, leaving cells of the nervous system alone. But mea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2023Cannabis Sciences
As commercial cannabis cultivation centers scale up in size, they are also discovering the need to optimiz ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 27, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell function and identity depend on when and where genes that are expressed in that cell. The same types of cells have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2023Genetics & Genomics
A new study shows that Vikings were more genetically diverse than contemporary ScandinaviansWritten By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattJAN 26, 2023Neuroscience
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a nervous system disorder that causes sudden movements, twitches, or sounds that are repeated. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Gel manicures have rapidly become a popular beauty treatment. Marketing that promotes gel manicures claim they are more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2023Microbiology
There are trillions of microbes in the human gut, and many of them perform essential functions that keep us healthy. But ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2023Immunology
HIV-1 is tenacious. It forms reservoirs that establish a life-long presence in the body - cells that are HIV-infected bu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2023Neuroscience
Childhood epilepsy affects roughly 4% of the pediatric population, and there are many different types of epilepsy and se ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 22, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics refers to features of the genome that can affect gene expression, but don't alter the nucleotide sequence of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2023Chemistry & Physics
According to a 2022 facts sheet, plastic waste in the ocean has grown to alarming rates, with approximately 51 trillion ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 21, 2023Genetics & Genomics
DNA suggests North American ancestry for individuals found in the Altai Mountain region, suggesting backflow from the Be ...Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattJAN 20, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Uridine, a precursor to RNA available as a nutrional supplement, may be able to treat eating disorders by increasing fee ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 19, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer is at its deadliest when it metastasizes - when cancer cells break away from a tumor and migrate to other tissues ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 19, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Rosacea is a dermatologic condition affecting the centrofacial region (cheeks, chin, nose, and forehead), resulting ...Written By: Greta AnneJAN 19, 2023Cancer
Epidemiological evidence has established that race and ethnicity play a role in the incidence of several types of cancer ...Written By: Katie Kokolus
FEB 04, 2023
Coronavirus
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause infections as it mutates into new variants. While the vaccines that are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a autoimmune genetic disease that results in a person’s pancreas not making enough insuli
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
FEB 03, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
When a gene is active, cellular machinery transcribes that gene into a molecule called messenger RNA. A variety of modif
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2023
Health & Medicine
Cole Butler is a 3rd-year PhD student in the Biomathematics Graduate Program at North Carolina State University whose re
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 02, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have gained new insight into an eating disorder called ARFID, and the work has revealed that genetics are ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were able to take advantage of "an incredibly unique opportunity" to study the microbial life that rapidly c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2023
Immunology
Inflammation can be affected by fatty acid intake. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease, and rates have been increas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The Finnish population has provided investigators with a rare opportunity. Most Finns descend from a small, so-called fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2023
Neuroscience
Normally, the measles virus only infects immune and epithelial cells, leaving cells of the nervous system alone. But mea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
As commercial cannabis cultivation centers scale up in size, they are also discovering the need to optimiz
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 27, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell function and identity depend on when and where genes that are expressed in that cell. The same types of cells have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
A new study shows that Vikings were more genetically diverse than contemporary Scandinavians
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
JAN 26, 2023
Neuroscience
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a nervous system disorder that causes sudden movements, twitches, or sounds that are repeated.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Gel manicures have rapidly become a popular beauty treatment. Marketing that promotes gel manicures claim they are more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2023
Microbiology
There are trillions of microbes in the human gut, and many of them perform essential functions that keep us healthy. But
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2023
Immunology
HIV-1 is tenacious. It forms reservoirs that establish a life-long presence in the body - cells that are HIV-infected bu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2023
Neuroscience
Childhood epilepsy affects roughly 4% of the pediatric population, and there are many different types of epilepsy and se
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 22, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics refers to features of the genome that can affect gene expression, but don't alter the nucleotide sequence of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2023
Chemistry & Physics
According to a 2022 facts sheet, plastic waste in the ocean has grown to alarming rates, with approximately 51 trillion
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
DNA suggests North American ancestry for individuals found in the Altai Mountain region, suggesting backflow from the Be
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
JAN 20, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Uridine, a precursor to RNA available as a nutrional supplement, may be able to treat eating disorders by increasing fee
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 19, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer is at its deadliest when it metastasizes - when cancer cells break away from a tumor and migrate to other tissues
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Rosacea is a dermatologic condition affecting the centrofacial region (cheeks, chin, nose, and forehead), resulting
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JAN 19, 2023
Cancer
Epidemiological evidence has established that race and ethnicity play a role in the incidence of several types of cancer
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus