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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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SEP 14, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are beginning to reveal the secrets of the long, repetitive sequences in the human genome that were once writ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Global Change Biology, an international team of researchers led by Arizona State Universi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 13, 2022Health & Medicine
A 2022 Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) report showed only 2,385 mesothelioma cases in the United State ...Sponsored By: The Mesothelioma GroupSEP 13, 2022Microbiology
H5N1 was first detected in 1996 in poultry in China's Guangdong province. Since then it has led to several outbreaks tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Living things have to contend with aging. Except for a few unusual creatures, like Turritopsis dohrnii, which has an ext ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
High blood pressure is a condition that occurs when blood flows through the arteries with more pressure than normal. Hig ...Written By: Zoe MichaudSEP 12, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have caught a virus in the act of infecting a cell, and captured images of the action in real-time and three ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2022Cancer
Early detection of cancer benefits patients with almost all cancer types. Late-stage tumors remain more difficult ...Written By: Katie KokolusSEP 11, 2022Neuroscience
Nearly every type of cell in the human body carries a little antenna-like structure called a cilium, which can serve var ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2022Immunology
The human immune system must respond to a diverse array of infectious agents and harmful invaders throughout our lifetim ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
A recent study has outlined the findings from a 17-year study of almost 500 people who experienced trauma in childhood. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2022Health & Medicine
Animal agriculture has a massive impact on our world. There are huge environmental consequences to our planet, in part b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
When genes in a cell are active, they are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. So researchers can take a sna ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The genome contains the sequences for protein-coding genes, but before those seuquences are translated into protein, the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2022Genetics & Genomics
What sets humans apart from other animals? One primary difference is language; reading, writing, and speaking enable us ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2022Microbiology
The world is full of microbes, which have been competing with one another for space and resources since they arose. / Im ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized biomedical research, and has now even been used in the clinic is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
While most of us are born with 2 sex chromosomes in either a combination of XX or XY, there are many cases of people who ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2022Health & Medicine
If you have ever done research for school or work, or simply been curious about a scientific finding and wanted to read ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2022Microbiology
The microbes in our bodies can have a significant influence on our health and well-being. While many studies investigati ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Almost 8 billion people live in the world today, so there are bound to be strangers who look just like each other. While ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2022Health & Medicine
The herpes simplex virus, or HSV1, is one of the most pervasive viruses among humans. A new study suggests the viru ...Written By: Mandy WoodsAUG 26, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Stem cells hold tremendous potential, because they can specialize into any type of cell. During development, stem cells ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are beginning to reveal the secrets of the long, repetitive sequences in the human genome that were once writ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Global Change Biology, an international team of researchers led by Arizona State Universi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 13, 2022
Health & Medicine
A 2022 Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) report showed only 2,385 mesothelioma cases in the United State
...
Sponsored By:
The Mesothelioma Group
SEP 13, 2022
Microbiology
H5N1 was first detected in 1996 in poultry in China's Guangdong province. Since then it has led to several outbreaks tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Living things have to contend with aging. Except for a few unusual creatures, like Turritopsis dohrnii, which has an ext
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
High blood pressure is a condition that occurs when blood flows through the arteries with more pressure than normal. Hig
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
SEP 12, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have caught a virus in the act of infecting a cell, and captured images of the action in real-time and three
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2022
Cancer
Early detection of cancer benefits patients with almost all cancer types. Late-stage tumors remain more difficult
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
SEP 11, 2022
Neuroscience
Nearly every type of cell in the human body carries a little antenna-like structure called a cilium, which can serve var
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2022
Immunology
The human immune system must respond to a diverse array of infectious agents and harmful invaders throughout our lifetim
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
A recent study has outlined the findings from a 17-year study of almost 500 people who experienced trauma in childhood.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
Animal agriculture has a massive impact on our world. There are huge environmental consequences to our planet, in part b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When genes in a cell are active, they are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. So researchers can take a sna
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The genome contains the sequences for protein-coding genes, but before those seuquences are translated into protein, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
What sets humans apart from other animals? One primary difference is language; reading, writing, and speaking enable us
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2022
Microbiology
The world is full of microbes, which have been competing with one another for space and resources since they arose. / Im
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized biomedical research, and has now even been used in the clinic is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
While most of us are born with 2 sex chromosomes in either a combination of XX or XY, there are many cases of people who
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2022
Health & Medicine
If you have ever done research for school or work, or simply been curious about a scientific finding and wanted to read
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2022
Microbiology
The microbes in our bodies can have a significant influence on our health and well-being. While many studies investigati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Almost 8 billion people live in the world today, so there are bound to be strangers who look just like each other. While
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2022
Health & Medicine
The herpes simplex virus, or HSV1, is one of the most pervasive viruses among humans. A new study suggests the viru
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
AUG 26, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Stem cells hold tremendous potential, because they can specialize into any type of cell. During development, stem cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch