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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 11, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When tissues in our bodies experience damage, there are various repair mechanisms that can be employed. When muscles are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2022
Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2022
Health & Medicine
A new study from a group of Alzheimer’s disease researchers at Augusta University is highlighting the importance o
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 10, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Errors in human genes can lead to many different types of diseases, and scientists have been searching for ways to corre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2022
Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
You may have seen a 'super plant' growing in between the cracks of sidewalks. Portulaca oleracea is commonly known as pu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2022
Microbiology
Polio is a disease caused by the poliovirus. Polio can cause flu-like symptoms like nausea, headache, fever, and sore th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2022
Health & Medicine
Students at Boston University were told to get vaccinated and wear masks on campus. That has allowed people to attend cl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Cardiology
Those who are genetically susceptible to stroke can lower their risk by as much at 43% through lifestyle choices.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
AUG 04, 2022
Cancer
Starch, a natural, sugar-containing component in many green plants, is present in high concentrations in foods such as p
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
AUG 03, 2022
Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Our genome is huge. It's made up of about 3 billion base pairs, and if the whole molecule was stretched to its full leng
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2013, scientists described a method for editing the genome of eukaryotic cells (such at those found in humans) using
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 01, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study published in Cell Reports highlights a new drug that could help to repair nervous system damage caused by
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2022
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and scientists have searched for the origins of the virus. After i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2022
Immunology
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. Since we first encountered it in late 2019, the virus has continued to mut
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Gold miners working in the freezing Klondike gold mines in Canada's Yukon territory have made a discovery while excavati
...
Written By:
Timothy James
JUL 28, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Freeze drying, lyophilization, and cryodesiccation are all terms used to describe the process of removing water from a s
...
JUL 27, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Excessive or binge drinking can cause plenty of immediate problems for drinkers, like risky behaviors, car crashes, viol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2022
Neuroscience
Ant colonies make decisions similarly to neural networks in the brain. The corresponding study was published in PNAS.&nb
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 26, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Organ transplantation is a life-saving measure that is often a last resort to treat end-stage organ failure. Organ trans
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 25, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
When the genomes of parents come together to create the genome of a child, their DNA recombines; similar parts are rearr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch