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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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JUN 27, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have identified three mutations of the MINAR2 gene that are linked to deafness. They say that the mutations ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 27, 2022Cancer
Cancer develops when the DNA in our cells becomes altered, resulting in a gene mutation. DNA alterations can occur ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUN 25, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Cephalopods, including octopuses, have exceptionally large and complex nervous systems; the octopod brain is thought to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2022Plants & Animals
We’ve all what animals see. Do they see the same way humans do in terms of colors, or is the vision of each animal ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 23, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Gaia is a survey mission launched in 2013 on a Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in Kourou, ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurJUN 23, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnostic assays like the one you’re developing are in demand. But your task isn’t simple. Set yourself up ...JUN 23, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
When viral pathogens like influenza infect cells, they can take over the machinery in the host cells that have been infe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2022Microbiology
Our bodies contain huge numbers of microbes - inside and out. We even have face mites. New research has shown that the m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2022Neuroscience
A study published in Brain shows that normal human brain temperature varies by region, age, sex, menstrual cycle, and ti ...Written By: Kerry CharronJUN 21, 2022Cardiology
A new publication outlines recommendations for genetic testing in athletes.Written By: Savannah LoganJUN 20, 2022Health & Medicine
Smell loss can be devastating. It can interfere with that oh-so pleasant and enjoyable task of eating since it also affe ...Written By: Alexandria BassJUN 20, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Sachin H. Patel/Boston Children's Hospital shows embryonic multipotent progenitor cells in a mouse embryo's ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2022Neuroscience
Having two or more cardiometabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disaese, and stroke, doubles dementia risk. ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 19, 2022Microbiology
Scientists have long sought to understand how Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacterium that causes plague, evolved int ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
When parents mate and produce offspring, their genomes recombine, shuffling the genetic information within. But supergen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2022Cardiology
A new study has linked height to a lower risk of coronary heart disease and a higher risk of some circulatory disorders.Written By: Savannah LoganJUN 16, 2022Neuroscience
It's estimated that as many as 80% of all people partake in the world's most common psychoactive substance, caffeine. Pe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Humans carry 46 chromosomes. We get one from each parent, making 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes, and one pair of sex ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2022Neuroscience
Low vitamin D levels are linked to a higher risk of dementia and stroke. Increasing levels of vitamin D among those who ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 15, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
No one wants to grow old. Everyone wants to live forever and completely kick Father Time right out of the way. Why? Beca ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 14, 2022Microbiology
Our planet has a plastic problem; plastic particles can be found in nearly every part of our environment, in organisms, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Labroots hosted its 3rd annual Coronavirus Conference Virtual Event Series on May 4, 2022. The speaker roster for this f ...Written By: Kerry CharronJUN 13, 2022Microbiology
The human body plays host to a variety of microorganisms, including fungi like Candida albicans. Some strains of Candida ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have identified three mutations of the MINAR2 gene that are linked to deafness. They say that the mutations
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 27, 2022
Cancer
Cancer develops when the DNA in our cells becomes altered, resulting in a gene mutation. DNA alterations can occur
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUN 25, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Cephalopods, including octopuses, have exceptionally large and complex nervous systems; the octopod brain is thought to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2022
Plants & Animals
We’ve all what animals see. Do they see the same way humans do in terms of colors, or is the vision of each animal
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 23, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Gaia is a survey mission launched in 2013 on a Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in Kourou,
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
JUN 23, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnostic assays like the one you’re developing are in demand. But your task isn’t simple. Set yourself up
...
JUN 23, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
When viral pathogens like influenza infect cells, they can take over the machinery in the host cells that have been infe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2022
Microbiology
Our bodies contain huge numbers of microbes - inside and out. We even have face mites. New research has shown that the m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2022
Neuroscience
A study published in Brain shows that normal human brain temperature varies by region, age, sex, menstrual cycle, and ti
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUN 21, 2022
Cardiology
A new publication outlines recommendations for genetic testing in athletes.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JUN 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
Smell loss can be devastating. It can interfere with that oh-so pleasant and enjoyable task of eating since it also affe
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JUN 20, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Sachin H. Patel/Boston Children's Hospital shows embryonic multipotent progenitor cells in a mouse embryo's
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2022
Neuroscience
Having two or more cardiometabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disaese, and stroke, doubles dementia risk.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 19, 2022
Microbiology
Scientists have long sought to understand how Yersinia pestis, a gram-negative bacterium that causes plague, evolved int
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
When parents mate and produce offspring, their genomes recombine, shuffling the genetic information within. But supergen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2022
Cardiology
A new study has linked height to a lower risk of coronary heart disease and a higher risk of some circulatory disorders.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JUN 16, 2022
Neuroscience
It's estimated that as many as 80% of all people partake in the world's most common psychoactive substance, caffeine. Pe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Humans carry 46 chromosomes. We get one from each parent, making 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes, and one pair of sex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2022
Neuroscience
Low vitamin D levels are linked to a higher risk of dementia and stroke. Increasing levels of vitamin D among those who
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 15, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
No one wants to grow old. Everyone wants to live forever and completely kick Father Time right out of the way. Why? Beca
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 14, 2022
Microbiology
Our planet has a plastic problem; plastic particles can be found in nearly every part of our environment, in organisms,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Labroots hosted its 3rd annual Coronavirus Conference Virtual Event Series on May 4, 2022. The speaker roster for this f
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUN 13, 2022
Microbiology
The human body plays host to a variety of microorganisms, including fungi like Candida albicans. Some strains of Candida
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch