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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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JUL 21, 2025Microbiology
Many known viruses pose a continuing threat to public health, and we are constantly dealing with the possibility that ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to manipulate gene expression using the gene editing tool CRISPR, and they have shown that i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
It is so rare, only one person has it.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In a major step forward for autism research, diagnostics, and patient care, researchers have found four distinct autism ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2025Microbiology
Scientists have discovered how a bacteria makes a kind of detergent, which could help eliminate some forms of pollution. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2025Genetics & Genomics
As food is digested and nutrients are absorbed, there is a lot of movement in the gut. Scientists have now shown that a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2025Genetics & Genomics
This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for the inflammatory disorders Crohn's disease and ulcerative colit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2025Microbiology
The gut microbiome has been associated with many heath conditions, and scientists are exploring the links between the gu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Modern humans are thought to have walked out of Africa around 60,000 years ago, and they kept going until they reached e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
When tumors grow, they can shed DNA that is detectable in the blood.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Twin studies can help geneticists determine whether some trait or condition is caused by the environment, or by genetics ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be inv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Our immune systems don't always react in the right way, but scientists are learning more about why that happens...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2025Earth & The Environment
In recent years, scientists have found some success in treating mental health disorders like major depression PTSD with ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2025Genetics & Genomics
When the brain is injured in some way, a wide range of biochemical changes are triggered ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In mammals, the liver can repair and regenerative after damage or injury through at least two biochemical pathways.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have learned a lot about how people settled the Americas by using genetic data. Columbia is part of the land ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR gene editing technology has transformed the research lab, and this powerful tool is now making its way into t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history: The Black Death, which killed as many as 50% of affected po ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
While most of carry the same genes, those genes can have small changes or variations in their sequences, which can have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a gene editing strategy that can repair the genetic problems that lead to Huntington's diseas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 02, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Unnecessary sequences called 'introns' are removed from gene transcripts. But where do they come from?Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2025
Microbiology
Many known viruses pose a continuing threat to public health, and we are constantly dealing with the possibility that ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to manipulate gene expression using the gene editing tool CRISPR, and they have shown that i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
It is so rare, only one person has it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In a major step forward for autism research, diagnostics, and patient care, researchers have found four distinct autism
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2025
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered how a bacteria makes a kind of detergent, which could help eliminate some forms of pollution.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
As food is digested and nutrients are absorbed, there is a lot of movement in the gut. Scientists have now shown that a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for the inflammatory disorders Crohn's disease and ulcerative colit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2025
Microbiology
The gut microbiome has been associated with many heath conditions, and scientists are exploring the links between the gu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Modern humans are thought to have walked out of Africa around 60,000 years ago, and they kept going until they reached e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
When tumors grow, they can shed DNA that is detectable in the blood.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Twin studies can help geneticists determine whether some trait or condition is caused by the environment, or by genetics
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
If we want to prevent viral infections or develop drugs that can effectively treat them, those infections have to be inv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Our immune systems don't always react in the right way, but scientists are learning more about why that happens...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2025
Earth & The Environment
In recent years, scientists have found some success in treating mental health disorders like major depression PTSD with
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
When the brain is injured in some way, a wide range of biochemical changes are triggered ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In mammals, the liver can repair and regenerative after damage or injury through at least two biochemical pathways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have learned a lot about how people settled the Americas by using genetic data. Columbia is part of the land
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR gene editing technology has transformed the research lab, and this powerful tool is now making its way into t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Bubonic plague has caused the deadliest pandemic in history: The Black Death, which killed as many as 50% of affected po
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
While most of carry the same genes, those genes can have small changes or variations in their sequences, which can have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a gene editing strategy that can repair the genetic problems that lead to Huntington's diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 02, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Unnecessary sequences called 'introns' are removed from gene transcripts. But where do they come from?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch