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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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JAN 11, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Smallpox is one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced, and it has many distinctions. The first vaccine that was ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 10, 2023Neuroscience
Staying up all night to prepare for an exam may not be much help to students, because memory can be impaired by many thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 09, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a common genetic disorder, and it's thought to affect over 12 million people every ye ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2023Genetics & Genomics
A human trial of a CRISPR therapy was recently halted for adverse events. But the technology has tremendous potential to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2023Microbiology
It seems that ocean water can contain genetic material from microbes, who are sharing genes, and modifying their functio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2023Technology
A new discovery from the Cooper's Ferry site suggests earlier origins for stone tools in the Americas.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattJAN 06, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Colombia’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that can po ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 06, 2023Microbiology
Humans carry around trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, and research has shown that the gut microbiome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2023Earth & The Environment
Moira Rodriguez is a 3rd-year Biological Sciences PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) studying plant ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 05, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes have long been engaged in an arms race for dominance, and they have molecular weapons, and defense mechanisms. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2023Health & Medicine
Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are genetic conditions most commonly diagnosed in children that result in the body&rsqu ...Written By: Greta AnneJAN 04, 2023Genetics & Genomics
2022 was a big year for human evolution research--read on for the top discoveries of the past year.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattJAN 03, 2023Immunology
Immunotherapy called CAR T cell therapy is a treatment that aims to train immune cells to get better at fighting disease ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can easily assess what genes are being expressed in a tissue by using a method like RT-PCR that precisely an ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
A study using artificial intelligence to analyze large datasets outlining gene expression in many different species has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 01, 2023Genetics & Genomics
In December 2022, researchers reported that they'd developed a technique in which single-sex litters could be created. T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Our body generates a lot of blood cells - on the order of billions of cells every day. Stem cells in the bone marrow giv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The researchers are hopeful that people in the clinic can be treated with this method within a few years.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2022Cardiology
Aspartame, a common artificial sweetener, may induce anxiety in humans.Written By: Savannah LoganDEC 25, 2022Microbiology
Microbes can easily share genes. And it seems they can do so even when they are part of different microbial communities ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a handful of genes can cause severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which severely disrupts the body's ab ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2022Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, have created a portable plastic device containing a yea ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 21, 2022Immunology
Allura Red is an artificial food dye that is also called FD&C Red 40 or Food Red 17. It can be found in soft drinks, can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2022Microbiology
For decades, people relied on antibiotics to eliminate bacterial infections, and for a long time, those antibiotics work ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Smallpox is one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced, and it has many distinctions. The first vaccine that was
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2023
Neuroscience
Staying up all night to prepare for an exam may not be much help to students, because memory can be impaired by many thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 09, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a common genetic disorder, and it's thought to affect over 12 million people every ye
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
A human trial of a CRISPR therapy was recently halted for adverse events. But the technology has tremendous potential to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2023
Microbiology
It seems that ocean water can contain genetic material from microbes, who are sharing genes, and modifying their functio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2023
Technology
A new discovery from the Cooper's Ferry site suggests earlier origins for stone tools in the Americas.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
JAN 06, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Colombia’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that can po
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 06, 2023
Microbiology
Humans carry around trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, and research has shown that the gut microbiome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Moira Rodriguez is a 3rd-year Biological Sciences PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) studying plant
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 05, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes have long been engaged in an arms race for dominance, and they have molecular weapons, and defense mechanisms.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2023
Health & Medicine
Urea cycle disorders (UCDs) are genetic conditions most commonly diagnosed in children that result in the body&rsqu
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
JAN 04, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
2022 was a big year for human evolution research--read on for the top discoveries of the past year.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
JAN 03, 2023
Immunology
Immunotherapy called CAR T cell therapy is a treatment that aims to train immune cells to get better at fighting disease
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can easily assess what genes are being expressed in a tissue by using a method like RT-PCR that precisely an
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
A study using artificial intelligence to analyze large datasets outlining gene expression in many different species has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In December 2022, researchers reported that they'd developed a technique in which single-sex litters could be created. T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Our body generates a lot of blood cells - on the order of billions of cells every day. Stem cells in the bone marrow giv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The researchers are hopeful that people in the clinic can be treated with this method within a few years.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2022
Cardiology
Aspartame, a common artificial sweetener, may induce anxiety in humans.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
DEC 25, 2022
Microbiology
Microbes can easily share genes. And it seems they can do so even when they are part of different microbial communities
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Mutations in a handful of genes can cause severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which severely disrupts the body's ab
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, have created a portable plastic device containing a yea
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 21, 2022
Immunology
Allura Red is an artificial food dye that is also called FD&C Red 40 or Food Red 17. It can be found in soft drinks, can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2022
Microbiology
For decades, people relied on antibiotics to eliminate bacterial infections, and for a long time, those antibiotics work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch