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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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This work has also highlighted the importance of assessing a diverse group of patients when studying a disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2023Genetics & Genomics
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The exact match for a mutant protein's mRNA, called an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO), stops cancerous protein producti ...Written By: Amielle MorenoAPR 15, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
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Microorganisms have colonized nearly every part of the world, including the human body.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Two male yellow crazy ants can be seen in this image ©:Hugo Darras. Scientists discovered that these insects are chimera ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2023Microbiology
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APR 28, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells have some amazing capabilities. Some can become any type of cell in the body, and some can move between the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2023
Microbiology
New research has suggested that Earth's first animal probably used chemical signals to grow from one cell into an or
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists are still determining whether humans will reach a maximum possible age or if we can extend lifespan indefinit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Prostate cancer impacts men from all ethnic and racial groups, and has particularly high mortality rates compared to oth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Cloud computing is a technology that enables the storage, processing, and analysis of data and applications over the Int
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
APR 27, 2023
Neuroscience
A memory test may be able to predict cognitive decline ten years later. The corresponding study was published in Neurolo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 26, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
About one in four adults will be diagnosed with an anxiety issue at some point during their lifetime, but treating anxie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2023
Health & Medicine
Hear how renowned genomic experts saved time and improved the yield of their hereditary cancer and rare disease NGS work
...
Sponsored By:
SOPHiA GENETICS
APR 26, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A new study in Current Biology has found that nematode worms C. elegans have the same resp
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
APR 22, 2023
Microbiology
Bacteria can easily exchange genetic information in a process called horizontal gene transfer. But now researchers have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Social stress can affect the way genes are expressed. A new study has found that epigenetic effects could explain why so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2023
Cancer
The bacteria Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) can infect tissues in the mucosal layer that lines the stomach.
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
APR 18, 2023
Neuroscience
Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that causes neurodegeneration in the brain, leading to a wide range of sy
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2023
Immunology
Bacteria can live in a lot of unusual places, even in tumors in the human body. Scientists have now taken advantage of t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
This work has also highlighted the importance of assessing a diverse group of patients when studying a disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have shown how interventions like a reduced calorie diet can promote healthier aging processes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
The exact match for a mutant protein's mRNA, called an antisense oligonucleotide (ASO), stops cancerous protein producti
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
APR 15, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Dietary supplement N-acetylcysteine increases the sensitivity of cancers to a treatment for advanced breast cancer. The
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 14, 2023
Microbiology
Epstein-Barr virus can spread so easily, it is thought that over 90% of people in the world have been infected, which us
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2023
Microbiology
When the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, emerged, it quickly supplanted all other variant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2023
Neuroscience
Astrocytes are a type of cell in the brain that were long known to provide crucial support to neurons. But we now know t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2023
Infographics
Microorganisms have colonized nearly every part of the world, including the human body.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Two male yellow crazy ants can be seen in this image ©:Hugo Darras. Scientists discovered that these insects are chimera
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2023
Microbiology
Reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers have found that a virus spread by ticks, P
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch