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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 26, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers led by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have discovered the molecular process behind a da ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 25, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many people in the world don't have access to enough food. And while humans might find ways to adapt to a changing world ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2021Genetics & Genomics
We'e sequenced the human genome, even the parts that are highly repetitive, don't code for protein, and are extremely ch ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2021Microbiology
Microbes have many connections to humans. Gut microbes have a major influence on our health. For example, when we eat fr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2021Cardiology
Research has indicated that there is a connection between gut microbes and heart health. Now scientists are revealing so ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2021Health & Medicine
Also known as primary hypertension, essential hypertension is high blood pressure without a specific, known cause. It is ...Written By: Alexandria BassJUN 21, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Most people think of viruses as nasty pathogens that can infect cells. Though it's taken time and testing, researche ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies have to regulate the level of glucose, or sugar, in the blood. The hormone insulin, produced by beta cells in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Archeological digs have told us a lot about human history, but genetic tools have been able to fill in some of the gaps ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2021Cancer
A new study finds cultured cancer cells lack genetic similarity to humans. This is concerning because cancer cell lines ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 17, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Parents pass down their genes to their offspring, and it seems that epigenetic features, which can affect gene activity ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 16, 2021Microbiology
There may be a trillion species of microbes on the planet, so clearly there's still a lot we don't know about these micr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2021Genetics & Genomics
We live in an age of information and data, and more is being generated every day. It's estimated that there are about te ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
In type 1 diabetes, or T1D, the body’s own immune system mistakenly launches an aggressive attack on insulin-produ ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 15, 2021Cardiology
It's estimated that 450,000 Americans die from sudden heart conditions, and in about one in ten cases, the cause is unex ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2021Microbiology
Since researchers were able to use genetic technologies to reveal how important the gut microbiome is to human health, t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells have to maintain the right size; bacterial and eukaryotic cells tend to have a characteristic size, but that may a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2021Genetics & Genomics
For many years, scientists have known about one of the most fundamental processes in biology, where cells use a DNA sequ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers found that a drug used in the treatment of mental illness can promote the fitness of healthy gut stem cells, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2021Immunology
Scientists at UCLA have decoded the “vocabulary” of immune cells—six distinct signals used as flares t ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 09, 2021Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences details an exhaustive compilat ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 09, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Could it be possible to reduce the risk of developing depression by 23% simply by waking up an hour earlier? That's what ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Studies have shown that there is a link between blows to the head and neurodegeneration. Repeated head trauma is associa ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers led by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have discovered the molecular process behind a da
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 25, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many people in the world don't have access to enough food. And while humans might find ways to adapt to a changing world
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
We'e sequenced the human genome, even the parts that are highly repetitive, don't code for protein, and are extremely ch
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2021
Microbiology
Microbes have many connections to humans. Gut microbes have a major influence on our health. For example, when we eat fr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2021
Cardiology
Research has indicated that there is a connection between gut microbes and heart health. Now scientists are revealing so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2021
Health & Medicine
Also known as primary hypertension, essential hypertension is high blood pressure without a specific, known cause. It is
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JUN 21, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Most people think of viruses as nasty pathogens that can infect cells. Though it's taken time and testing, researche
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies have to regulate the level of glucose, or sugar, in the blood. The hormone insulin, produced by beta cells in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Archeological digs have told us a lot about human history, but genetic tools have been able to fill in some of the gaps
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2021
Cancer
A new study finds cultured cancer cells lack genetic similarity to humans. This is concerning because cancer cell lines
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 17, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Parents pass down their genes to their offspring, and it seems that epigenetic features, which can affect gene activity
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a wave of new technologies for rapid viral diagnostics, given just how critical
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 16, 2021
Microbiology
There may be a trillion species of microbes on the planet, so clearly there's still a lot we don't know about these micr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
We live in an age of information and data, and more is being generated every day. It's estimated that there are about te
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
In type 1 diabetes, or T1D, the body’s own immune system mistakenly launches an aggressive attack on insulin-produ
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 15, 2021
Cardiology
It's estimated that 450,000 Americans die from sudden heart conditions, and in about one in ten cases, the cause is unex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2021
Microbiology
Since researchers were able to use genetic technologies to reveal how important the gut microbiome is to human health, t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells have to maintain the right size; bacterial and eukaryotic cells tend to have a characteristic size, but that may a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
For many years, scientists have known about one of the most fundamental processes in biology, where cells use a DNA sequ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers found that a drug used in the treatment of mental illness can promote the fitness of healthy gut stem cells,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2021
Immunology
Scientists at UCLA have decoded the “vocabulary” of immune cells—six distinct signals used as flares t
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 09, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences details an exhaustive compilat
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 09, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Could it be possible to reduce the risk of developing depression by 23% simply by waking up an hour earlier? That's what
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Studies have shown that there is a link between blows to the head and neurodegeneration. Repeated head trauma is associa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch