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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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APR 19, 2024Genetics & Genomics
There are some genes that can promote cancer; they are sometimes called oncogenes, and in tumor cells, mutations are oft ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Multicellular organisms, including humans, can be incredibly complex even though they start from one fertilized cell. Th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that the delusions and hallucinations that psychosis patients experience result from the malf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2024Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies with microbes. The trillions of microorganisms in our guts have very clone connection ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2024Microbiology
Our skin is a natural barrier that protects our bodies from harm, and is also home to a community of microbes. But it se ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects an estimated 18 million people around the world, and not everyone gets relief from ant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2024Genetics & Genomics
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, there was a marked increase in neurological complications such as febrile seizu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
There are trillions of microbes living in our gut. So why doesn't the immune system launch a massive response against al ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Once thought of as a condition caused solely by external factors like injuries, infections, or oxygen deprivation ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
In motor neuron disease, the nerve cells that control muscle movement degenerate and die. One form of MND is Amyotrophic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2024Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2024Microbiology
Kombucha dates back about 2,000 years. It's made from tea, sugar, yeast, and bacteria nad has surged in popularity. But ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study has suggested that two processes that are usually thought of as harmful: DNA damage and inflammation, may ac ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2024Cannabis Sciences
How can genetics influence cannabis consumption? This is what a recent study published in Addictive Behaviors hopes to a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 28, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Pregnancy causes a massive number of changes in a person's body, and is known to be stressful for the body. Pregnancy ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 27, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some very diverse neurological systems have evolved in animals, like those carried by cephalopods, compared to those fou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 26, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Exactly what happens in the body during the aging process? Some scientists have linked aging to the reduced expression o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Fanconi anemia https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6425/fanconi-anemia is rare genetic disorder that can be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2024Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in Nature Communications has highlighted the dramatic influxes that humans can have on ecology. Thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, a brain disorder that impairs cognitive function, and interfer ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease, an infectious illness caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdoferi, which are transmitted by tick bites. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does spaceflight affect humans on the molecular level? This is what a recent study published in iScience hopes to ad ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 19, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
In cells, like the snowflake yeast in this image byTony Burnetti, proteins are translated and folded into very specific, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The human genome is primarily composed of long stretches of repeat nucleotides that do not code for protein. This myster ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
There are some genes that can promote cancer; they are sometimes called oncogenes, and in tumor cells, mutations are oft
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Multicellular organisms, including humans, can be incredibly complex even though they start from one fertilized cell. Th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has suggested that the delusions and hallucinations that psychosis patients experience result from the malf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2024
Microbiology
We share our world, and our bodies with microbes. The trillions of microorganisms in our guts have very clone connection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2024
Microbiology
Our skin is a natural barrier that protects our bodies from harm, and is also home to a community of microbes. But it se
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects an estimated 18 million people around the world, and not everyone gets relief from ant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
During the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, there was a marked increase in neurological complications such as febrile seizu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are trillions of microbes living in our gut. So why doesn't the immune system launch a massive response against al
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Once thought of as a condition caused solely by external factors like injuries, infections, or oxygen deprivation
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
In motor neuron disease, the nerve cells that control muscle movement degenerate and die. One form of MND is Amyotrophic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Frogs and toads around the world have been devastated by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a fungus that causes the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2024
Microbiology
Kombucha dates back about 2,000 years. It's made from tea, sugar, yeast, and bacteria nad has surged in popularity. But
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study has suggested that two processes that are usually thought of as harmful: DNA damage and inflammation, may ac
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2024
Cannabis Sciences
How can genetics influence cannabis consumption? This is what a recent study published in Addictive Behaviors hopes to a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 28, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Pregnancy causes a massive number of changes in a person's body, and is known to be stressful for the body. Pregnancy ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some very diverse neurological systems have evolved in animals, like those carried by cephalopods, compared to those fou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 26, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Exactly what happens in the body during the aging process? Some scientists have linked aging to the reduced expression o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Fanconi anemia https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6425/fanconi-anemia is rare genetic disorder that can be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2024
Earth & The Environment
A new study reported in Nature Communications has highlighted the dramatic influxes that humans can have on ecology. Thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, a brain disorder that impairs cognitive function, and interfer
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Lyme disease, an infectious illness caused by bacteria called Borrelia burgdoferi, which are transmitted by tick bites.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does spaceflight affect humans on the molecular level? This is what a recent study published in iScience hopes to ad
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 19, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
In cells, like the snowflake yeast in this image byTony Burnetti, proteins are translated and folded into very specific,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The human genome is primarily composed of long stretches of repeat nucleotides that do not code for protein. This myster
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch