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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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JAN 01, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a method to direct stem cells to form specific structures. By triggering the expression of sp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 31, 2024Microbiology
Image courtesy of Ren Dodge/Carnegie Science shows Lactobacillus (red) in a certain part of the fruit fly gastrointestin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The active genes in the body have to be copied, or transcribed into RNA molecules, which are then processed in a variety ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2024Genetics & Genomics
It's estimated that anywhere from 3 to 7% of school-age children may have dyslexia, a neruodevelopmental issue that affe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental condition that can present in a range of ways, and ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Sometimes pain is a necessary warning signal; for example, if we touch something very hot and it burns, we know to move ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study has shown that people who have asthma or sniffling caused by allergies also carry a different set of fungi i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Infectious diseases can have very different effects on different people; some individuals may have virtually no symptoms ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2024Earth & The Environment
The deepest part of the oceans known as the hadal zone, where there is total darkness and extreme pressure. And some wei ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Image © S. Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology shows a newly found endosymbiontWritten By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The expression of genes has to be very carefully controlled by cells; serious problems can arise when genes are expresse ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is an incredible technique that was developed in the 1980s. It uses radio waves, giant ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2024Genetics & Genomics
A new study reported in Nutrients has identified some of the potential food triggers of arthritis, while an unrelated st ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2024Microbiology
Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and about which scientists still have a lot to learn. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Organisms are made up of cells, and in each of those cells, a genome encodes the instructions for that organism to grow ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
This work can explain why many people who lose weight may fail to maintain that loss over long periods of time...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies, are convenient research tools, and they have many genes in common with humans.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2024Microbiology
Oropouche virus (OROV) was first identified in a human patient in 1955 in a fevered charcoal worker on Trinidad, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Sometimes there are slightly different versions of genes, such as the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene. The APOE4 variant in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Delivering very large genes to cells can pose a serious challenge, so scientists developed a new method.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 15, 2024Microbiology
There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3.Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 01, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a method to direct stem cells to form specific structures. By triggering the expression of sp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 31, 2024
Microbiology
Image courtesy of Ren Dodge/Carnegie Science shows Lactobacillus (red) in a certain part of the fruit fly gastrointestin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The active genes in the body have to be copied, or transcribed into RNA molecules, which are then processed in a variety
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
It's estimated that anywhere from 3 to 7% of school-age children may have dyslexia, a neruodevelopmental issue that affe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental condition that can present in a range of ways, and ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Sometimes pain is a necessary warning signal; for example, if we touch something very hot and it burns, we know to move
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study has shown that people who have asthma or sniffling caused by allergies also carry a different set of fungi i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Infectious diseases can have very different effects on different people; some individuals may have virtually no symptoms
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The deepest part of the oceans known as the hadal zone, where there is total darkness and extreme pressure. And some wei
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Image © S. Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology shows a newly found endosymbiont
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The expression of genes has to be very carefully controlled by cells; serious problems can arise when genes are expresse
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is an incredible technique that was developed in the 1980s. It uses radio waves, giant
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A new study reported in Nutrients has identified some of the potential food triggers of arthritis, while an unrelated st
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2024
Microbiology
Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and about which scientists still have a lot to learn.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Organisms are made up of cells, and in each of those cells, a genome encodes the instructions for that organism to grow
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
This work can explain why many people who lose weight may fail to maintain that loss over long periods of time...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies, are convenient research tools, and they have many genes in common with humans.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2024
Microbiology
Oropouche virus (OROV) was first identified in a human patient in 1955 in a fevered charcoal worker on Trinidad, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sometimes there are slightly different versions of genes, such as the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene. The APOE4 variant in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Delivering very large genes to cells can pose a serious challenge, so scientists developed a new method.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 15, 2024
Microbiology
There are many processes and proteins that help the body fight a flu infection. One of them is known as IFITM3.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch