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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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FEB 15, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects 25% of adults around the world, and it can progress to a very serious f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
A team of scientists has uncovered sequence errors in many papers in two different high-impact journals.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Even though humans are complex organisms and bacteria are single cells, and each are made of completely different cell t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2023
Cancer
The bladder is an important, and sometimes underappreciated, organ in the body. Located in the pelvis, the bladder
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
FEB 12, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
A new study has highlighted the impact of genetic disease on infants, and showed that whole genome sequencing could save
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2023
Earth & The Environment
February 12 has come to be known as Darwin Day. In honor of this day, here's a look at how Darwin's ideas evolved.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
FEB 09, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Music can be great for our mental health, and music is sometimes used as a form of therapy. But it can also seem like cr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2023
Immunology
The immune system can mount crucial defenses when our bodies are threatened by pathogens. But those defenses have to be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 08, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
An intermittent fasting https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/intermittent-fasting-what-is-it-a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2023
Health & Medicine
One lab drops two papers touting the clearance of protein aggregation in ALS
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
FEB 07, 2023
Microbiology
This powerful, natural compound may also be useful against pathogenic fungi that affect humans.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
There seems to be a lot of conflicting information about how coffee affects human health. Some studies have found health
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2023
Immunology
Macrophages are a type of immune cell that works on the front lines; they can identify pathogens and threats, engulf tho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Astrocytes are named for their star shape, and these cells, once thought to be supporting players, are now being appreci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2023
Health & Medicine
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause infections as it mutates into new variants. While the vaccines that are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a autoimmune genetic disease that results in a person’s pancreas not making enough insuli
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
FEB 03, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
When a gene is active, cellular machinery transcribes that gene into a molecule called messenger RNA. A variety of modif
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2023
Health & Medicine
Cole Butler is a 3rd-year PhD student in the Biomathematics Graduate Program at North Carolina State University whose re
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 02, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have gained new insight into an eating disorder called ARFID, and the work has revealed that genetics are ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 01, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were able to take advantage of "an incredibly unique opportunity" to study the microbial life that rapidly c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2023
Immunology
Inflammation can be affected by fatty acid intake. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease, and rates have been increas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The Finnish population has provided investigators with a rare opportunity. Most Finns descend from a small, so-called fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2023
Neuroscience
Normally, the measles virus only infects immune and epithelial cells, leaving cells of the nervous system alone. But mea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
As commercial cannabis cultivation centers scale up in size, they are also discovering the need to optimiz
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron