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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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DEC 20, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
It was once thought that inflammation and immune responses in the brain were limited; that is was a so-called immune pri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2022Health & Medicine
A new study suggests that Denisovan DNA helps Papuans with immune response.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattDEC 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
About 10,000 years ago in an area of the Middle East known as the Fertile Crescent, humans began to settle as farmers in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder that typically affects children, and can lead to many complicatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging is linked to a decline in good health and an increase in the risk of many different diseases. People even die simp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Wild plants are everywhere. So why do some become pests? New research has studied how agriculture created that problem f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2022Genetics & Genomics
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Dr. Daphna Joel is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. Dr. Joel is a member of the School o ...DEC 12, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Humans have been breeding dogs for various purposes for thousands of years, and dogs have been selectively bred to perfo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Separating single cells from their sample matrix without compromising cell integrity is a balancing act. Single cell RNA ...Sponsored By: PerkinElmerDEC 12, 2022Microbiology
Trillions of microbes live in our gastrointestinal tracts, and they exert a powerful influence on various aspects of hum ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, an international team of researchers led by Binghamton Un ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScDEC 11, 2022Neuroscience
We need to be aware of our body to move properly, and we have special neurons in our muscles that can tell our brain wha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2022Earth & The Environment
A hominin who lived around 200,000 years ago is now thought to have used fire.Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattDEC 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have recovered sediment containing 2-million-year-old DNA, shattering the previous 'oldes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2022Microbiology
Mobility is an important ability for many organisms, who often have to swim, walk, or otherwise move around to look for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Twins can provide researchers with a unique opportunity to investigate how a trait might be influenced by genetics or by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2022Drug Discovery & DevelopmentThe backdrop upon which every successful gene therapy is developed is the ability to safely and specifically target cell ...Sponsored By: PerkinElmerDEC 04, 2022Microbiology
The importance of the gut microbiome has been demonstrated in recent years, and scientists have linked the microbes in t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 04, 2022Neuroscience
A new study published in Frontiers in Psychology examined the effect of different parental sleep-supporting techniques o ...Written By: Kerry CharronDEC 04, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The way certain genes are expressed in aging organisms seems to be significantly impacted by events that happen earlier ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2022Immunology
A case of COVID-19 doesn't cause any symptoms at all in some people, while others are killed by the viral infection. Sci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Ever since its first discovery in 1948, circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has captured the attention and imagination of ...Sponsored By: PerkinElmerDEC 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
BioQuleTM NGS System - Say ‘goodbye’ to manual library prepping and ‘hello’ to generating librar ...Sponsored By: PerkinElmer
DEC 20, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
It was once thought that inflammation and immune responses in the brain were limited; that is was a so-called immune pri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2022
Health & Medicine
A new study suggests that Denisovan DNA helps Papuans with immune response.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
DEC 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
About 10,000 years ago in an area of the Middle East known as the Fertile Crescent, humans began to settle as farmers in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder that typically affects children, and can lead to many complicatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging is linked to a decline in good health and an increase in the risk of many different diseases. People even die simp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Wild plants are everywhere. So why do some become pests? New research has studied how agriculture created that problem f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
2022 was a big year for science, so let’s take a look at some of the most interesting -and important- scientific d
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
DEC 13, 2022
Neuroscience
Dr. Daphna Joel is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. Dr. Joel is a member of the School o
...
DEC 12, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Humans have been breeding dogs for various purposes for thousands of years, and dogs have been selectively bred to perfo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Separating single cells from their sample matrix without compromising cell integrity is a balancing act. Single cell RNA
...
Sponsored By:
PerkinElmer
DEC 12, 2022
Microbiology
Trillions of microbes live in our gastrointestinal tracts, and they exert a powerful influence on various aspects of hum
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in the Journal of Human Evolution, an international team of researchers led by Binghamton Un
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 11, 2022
Neuroscience
We need to be aware of our body to move properly, and we have special neurons in our muscles that can tell our brain wha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2022
Earth & The Environment
A hominin who lived around 200,000 years ago is now thought to have used fire.
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
DEC 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have recovered sediment containing 2-million-year-old DNA, shattering the previous 'oldes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2022
Microbiology
Mobility is an important ability for many organisms, who often have to swim, walk, or otherwise move around to look for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Twins can provide researchers with a unique opportunity to investigate how a trait might be influenced by genetics or by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The backdrop upon which every successful gene therapy is developed is the ability to safely and specifically target cell
...
Sponsored By:
PerkinElmer
DEC 04, 2022
Microbiology
The importance of the gut microbiome has been demonstrated in recent years, and scientists have linked the microbes in t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2022
Neuroscience
A new study published in Frontiers in Psychology examined the effect of different parental sleep-supporting techniques o
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
DEC 04, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The way certain genes are expressed in aging organisms seems to be significantly impacted by events that happen earlier
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2022
Immunology
A case of COVID-19 doesn't cause any symptoms at all in some people, while others are killed by the viral infection. Sci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Ever since its first discovery in 1948, circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) has captured the attention and imagination of
...
Sponsored By:
PerkinElmer
DEC 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
BioQuleTM NGS System - Say ‘goodbye’ to manual library prepping and ‘hello’ to generating librar
...
Sponsored By:
PerkinElmer