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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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AUG 05, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Understanding and characterizing complex compounds is essential for drug discovery and development. Chromatography is a ...AUG 04, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic errors can cause many different diseases, and scientists have been looking for methods to fix those errors for d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Food staples are crucial foods that often make up the majority of a population's diet. These can include foods like rice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Animals that hibernate are hardy and resilient; they can hunker down and go months without eating or drinking, yet their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2025Cancer
A case report recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) presents a previously unknown cause of sk ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUL 28, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In genome wide association studies, researchers look for small variations in the sequences of human genes that are conne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
One lab technique that has been around since what feels like the dawn of time is Western blotting, and it doesn&r ...JUL 28, 2025Cancer
A recent appreciation of lung cancer in never smokers (LCINS) has raised concerns about global incidence and mortality. ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUL 24, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In a major advance, researchers have successfully corrected genetic mutations in neurons with a single injection into th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 23, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Drug development and production rely on stringent quality controls, reproducibility, and verification. Biopharmaceutical ...JUL 23, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
The pace of biomedical discovery has never been faster. With mountains of omics data, a flood of new publications, and t ...JUL 22, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Genetic features known as transposons make up a large portion of many mammalian genomes, including humans' ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 21, 2025Microbiology
Many known viruses pose a continuing threat to public health, and we are constantly dealing with the possibility that ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to manipulate gene expression using the gene editing tool CRISPR, and they have shown that i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
It is so rare, only one person has it.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2025Genetics & Genomics
In a major step forward for autism research, diagnostics, and patient care, researchers have found four distinct autism ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2025Microbiology
Scientists have discovered how a bacteria makes a kind of detergent, which could help eliminate some forms of pollution. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2025Genetics & Genomics
As food is digested and nutrients are absorbed, there is a lot of movement in the gut. Scientists have now shown that a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2025Genetics & Genomics
This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for the inflammatory disorders Crohn's disease and ulcerative colit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2025Microbiology
The gut microbiome has been associated with many heath conditions, and scientists are exploring the links between the gu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Modern humans are thought to have walked out of Africa around 60,000 years ago, and they kept going until they reached e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
When tumors grow, they can shed DNA that is detectable in the blood.Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Understanding and characterizing complex compounds is essential for drug discovery and development. Chromatography is a
...
AUG 04, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic errors can cause many different diseases, and scientists have been looking for methods to fix those errors for d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Food staples are crucial foods that often make up the majority of a population's diet. These can include foods like rice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Animals that hibernate are hardy and resilient; they can hunker down and go months without eating or drinking, yet their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2025
Cancer
A case report recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) presents a previously unknown cause of sk
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUL 28, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In genome wide association studies, researchers look for small variations in the sequences of human genes that are conne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
One lab technique that has been around since what feels like the dawn of time is Western blotting, and it doesn&r
...
JUL 28, 2025
Cancer
A recent appreciation of lung cancer in never smokers (LCINS) has raised concerns about global incidence and mortality.
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUL 24, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In a major advance, researchers have successfully corrected genetic mutations in neurons with a single injection into th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 23, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Drug development and production rely on stringent quality controls, reproducibility, and verification. Biopharmaceutical
...
JUL 23, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
The pace of biomedical discovery has never been faster. With mountains of omics data, a flood of new publications, and t
...
JUL 22, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic features known as transposons make up a large portion of many mammalian genomes, including humans' ...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 21, 2025
Microbiology
Many known viruses pose a continuing threat to public health, and we are constantly dealing with the possibility that ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to manipulate gene expression using the gene editing tool CRISPR, and they have shown that i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
It is so rare, only one person has it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
In a major step forward for autism research, diagnostics, and patient care, researchers have found four distinct autism
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2025
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered how a bacteria makes a kind of detergent, which could help eliminate some forms of pollution.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
As food is digested and nutrients are absorbed, there is a lot of movement in the gut. Scientists have now shown that a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an umbrella term for the inflammatory disorders Crohn's disease and ulcerative colit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2025
Microbiology
The gut microbiome has been associated with many heath conditions, and scientists are exploring the links between the gu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Modern humans are thought to have walked out of Africa around 60,000 years ago, and they kept going until they reached e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
When tumors grow, they can shed DNA that is detectable in the blood.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch