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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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AUG 13, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have recently discovered a novel type of RNA known as circular RNAs (circRNAs). These molecules form when co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
There are trillions of microorganisms in the human gut, many of which serve important functions. These microbes can help ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2024Microbiology
While melting ice in the Arctic has revealed ancient microbes, there is a lake in Antarctica with levels of salt that ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The cells in the body, and the DNA they contain are constantly bombarded with environmental influences including UV rays ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. They can live almost anywhere, including wate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
After decades of effort, scientists have made real progress in understanding multiple sclerosis. While researchers knew ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In some rare cases, people who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have a partial or total recovery f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new studies have outlined major new findings in Parkinson's disease genetics. One has identified a gene that could r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Many rare diseases can be traced back to an error in a gene. Genetic mutations may not be inherited, and can arise out o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about genomic sequences that are transcribed but never translated into protein, and once w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2024Genetics & Genomics
There are around a trillion microbes in the human gastrointestinal system. This community of microbes, known as the gut ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have created a new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy that may not only help stop the disease in MD ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
This image by C. G. Wilson shows a rotifer that has survived a life-threatening fungal infection by using acquired micro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have managed to reconstruct the 3D structure of a woolly mammoth genome that is 52,000 years old, in a first ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long sought to understand the biological processes of aging, and how to maintain good health as we get ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
As the human body is developing, cells have to differentiate and specialize into certain specific types of cells, so the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2024Genetics & Genomics
There are many healthy foods and diets, and vegetarianism is one option. But it may have different effects for some.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a common genetic disorders that has been well studied. Researchers have identified mutations in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Head trauma, and many neurological disorders like epilepsy, stroke, or Parkinson's disease, for example, can cause n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Lupus is an autoimmune disorder; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the most common type. The disease triggers inflam ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2024Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that can be found throughout the environment. It can also cause deadly, multidrug- ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The sun rays are known to be harmful, and UV radiation in those rays can damage DNA. Scientists have also determined tha ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have recently discovered a novel type of RNA known as circular RNAs (circRNAs). These molecules form when co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are trillions of microorganisms in the human gut, many of which serve important functions. These microbes can help
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2024
Microbiology
While melting ice in the Arctic has revealed ancient microbes, there is a lake in Antarctica with levels of salt that ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The cells in the body, and the DNA they contain are constantly bombarded with environmental influences including UV rays
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. They can live almost anywhere, including wate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
After decades of effort, scientists have made real progress in understanding multiple sclerosis. While researchers knew
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In some rare cases, people who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have a partial or total recovery f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new studies have outlined major new findings in Parkinson's disease genetics. One has identified a gene that could r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many rare diseases can be traced back to an error in a gene. Genetic mutations may not be inherited, and can arise out o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about genomic sequences that are transcribed but never translated into protein, and once w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
There are around a trillion microbes in the human gastrointestinal system. This community of microbes, known as the gut
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have created a new gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy that may not only help stop the disease in MD
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
This image by C. G. Wilson shows a rotifer that has survived a life-threatening fungal infection by using acquired micro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have managed to reconstruct the 3D structure of a woolly mammoth genome that is 52,000 years old, in a first
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long sought to understand the biological processes of aging, and how to maintain good health as we get
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
As the human body is developing, cells have to differentiate and specialize into certain specific types of cells, so the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
There are many healthy foods and diets, and vegetarianism is one option. But it may have different effects for some.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a common genetic disorders that has been well studied. Researchers have identified mutations in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Head trauma, and many neurological disorders like epilepsy, stroke, or Parkinson's disease, for example, can cause n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Lupus is an autoimmune disorder; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the most common type. The disease triggers inflam
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2024
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that can be found throughout the environment. It can also cause deadly, multidrug-
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The sun rays are known to be harmful, and UV radiation in those rays can damage DNA. Scientists have also determined tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch