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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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JUN 01, 2025Microbiology
The World Health Organization, using data from surveillance sites and reported to the Global Influenza Surveillance and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2025Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may be changing crucial white blood cells c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists and clinicians still have a lot to learn about how sex differences impact human diseases, such as how they ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
In celiac disease, the consumption of gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, barley, and some other grains and food produ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
While genetic testing has advanced, and has enabled clinicians and doctors to provide families with answers when medical ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a rapid test that uses genetic tools to diagnose brain tumors. This method can reduce the diag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2025Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool has been revolionary for the research lab, and it has also been used to transform the lives ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2025Earth & The Environment
Plants are able to respond to their environment and changes in conditions. In the phototropism phenomenon, for example, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2025Genetics & Genomics
The liver plays a critical role in metabolism, and its activity is carefully controlled...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 18, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In a major breakthrough, a patient has been treated with a personalized CRISPR therapeutic that aims to cure their rare ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been searching for treatments for neurodegenerative disorders like& Alzheimer's and Parkinson's for many ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Sudden cardiac death causes about half of the roughly 500,000 cardiovascular deaths that happen every year in the US. Th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 09, 2025Genetics & Genomics
A group of all-women extreme divers can be seen hauling the day's catch out onto shore in this image by Melissa IlardoWritten By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Avian influenza has been rampaging in wild birds around the world since late 2021. It can be considered widespread in wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 02, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Colorectal cancer rates are rising in young people, and scientists may have found an explanation..Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
As people reach middle age and beyond, their waistlines tend to expand. Additional abdominal fat is known to cause a var ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare disorder called myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) causes weakness and muscle loss that gets progressively worse...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2025Genetics & Genomics
How fast does the human genome change? Scientists have attempted to answer this question by studying mutation rates over ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
When a tumor starts to grow in the body, small bits of its genetic material may break away and float off into the bloods ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2025Microbiology
There are over 100 types of human papillomavirus (HPV), and some can lead to different types of cancer, including cancer ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 20, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been trying to identify the exact causes of Alzheimer's disease for many years, and we know that patholo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Atherosclerosis is when plaque forms in the arteries. This can lead to blood clots that may suddenly stop blood supply; ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2025
Microbiology
The World Health Organization, using data from surveillance sites and reported to the Global Influenza Surveillance and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2025
Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may be changing crucial white blood cells c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists and clinicians still have a lot to learn about how sex differences impact human diseases, such as how they ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
In celiac disease, the consumption of gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, barley, and some other grains and food produ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
While genetic testing has advanced, and has enabled clinicians and doctors to provide families with answers when medical
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a rapid test that uses genetic tools to diagnose brain tumors. This method can reduce the diag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool has been revolionary for the research lab, and it has also been used to transform the lives
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plants are able to respond to their environment and changes in conditions. In the phototropism phenomenon, for example,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
The liver plays a critical role in metabolism, and its activity is carefully controlled...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In a major breakthrough, a patient has been treated with a personalized CRISPR therapeutic that aims to cure their rare
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been searching for treatments for neurodegenerative disorders like& Alzheimer's and Parkinson's for many
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sudden cardiac death causes about half of the roughly 500,000 cardiovascular deaths that happen every year in the US. Th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 09, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
A group of all-women extreme divers can be seen hauling the day's catch out onto shore in this image by Melissa Ilardo
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Avian influenza has been rampaging in wild birds around the world since late 2021. It can be considered widespread in wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 02, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Colorectal cancer rates are rising in young people, and scientists may have found an explanation..
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
As people reach middle age and beyond, their waistlines tend to expand. Additional abdominal fat is known to cause a var
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare disorder called myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) causes weakness and muscle loss that gets progressively worse...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
How fast does the human genome change? Scientists have attempted to answer this question by studying mutation rates over
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
When a tumor starts to grow in the body, small bits of its genetic material may break away and float off into the bloods
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2025
Microbiology
There are over 100 types of human papillomavirus (HPV), and some can lead to different types of cancer, including cancer
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been trying to identify the exact causes of Alzheimer's disease for many years, and we know that patholo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Atherosclerosis is when plaque forms in the arteries. This can lead to blood clots that may suddenly stop blood supply;
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch