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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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APR 20, 2021Immunology
Scientists have identified 65 human immune genes activated during SARS-CoV-2 infection. This finding provides valuable i ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 20, 2021Cardiology
Blood pressure readings are a standard part of even the most basic health checks. Now some researchers are suggesting th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2021Microbiology
The world is full of microbes that have colonized nearly every environment including the human body. The vast majority o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has shown how variants in an immune gene can lead to a high risk of developing the autoimmune disorder rheu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that it's time for medicine to move away from demographic labels that are too narrow to captu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The 32nd International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI 32) will be held this September at Disney’s Coronad ...APR 18, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some parts of the genome are simple; many genes encode for proteins, and if there is an error in one of those protein-co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 18, 2021Genetics & Genomics
It's been unclear whether boys are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder more often because of detection issues, or if ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2021Cannabis Sciences
For some time now, cannabis users have been known to be at risk of developing psychosis more often than nonusers. Now th ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 16, 2021Microbiology
The current COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Modern are based on messenger RNA, which cells use to make proteins ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2021Genetics & Genomics
A chimera human-monkey blastocyst is seen in this image by Weizhi Ji of the Kunming University of Science and Technology ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2021Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a high-detail map to track phytoplankton in the ocean ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 14, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Right after birth, young animals go through a period in which they 'imprint,' or fixate on sights and smells that they'r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2021Genetics & Genomics
DNA from a very old skull is changing what we know about when and where early humans lived.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were shocked when they saw the results of a genetic analysis comparing various microbes from around the worl ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2021Microbiology
Lyme disease is a disease that is caused by four main species of bacteria, including Borrelia burgdorferi, which ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Epidurals are a form of pain relief during childbirth and is used by more than half of all women in labor. Many women wh ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Vaccines are mostly known as tools to prevent illness. But cancer vaccines are a bit different, and aim to treat existin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 11, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used the gar fish to learn more about the network of nerves that links our eyes to our brains. The gar i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Over 1 in 10 children in the US aged between 5 and 17 have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 09, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Some diseases, like sickle-cell anemia and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are due to errors in only a single let ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For over 100 years, scientists have been seeing speckles when they looked at stained nuclei in cells. Now researchers ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2021Immunology
Researchers have discovered a gene that is directly linked to the development of cardiovascular diseases, such as high b ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 07, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been using genetic and computational tools to find small changes in the sequences of genes that are like ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 20, 2021
Immunology
Scientists have identified 65 human immune genes activated during SARS-CoV-2 infection. This finding provides valuable i
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 20, 2021
Cardiology
Blood pressure readings are a standard part of even the most basic health checks. Now some researchers are suggesting th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2021
Microbiology
The world is full of microbes that have colonized nearly every environment including the human body. The vast majority o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research has shown how variants in an immune gene can lead to a high risk of developing the autoimmune disorder rheu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that it's time for medicine to move away from demographic labels that are too narrow to captu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The 32nd International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI 32) will be held this September at Disney’s Coronad
...
APR 18, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some parts of the genome are simple; many genes encode for proteins, and if there is an error in one of those protein-co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 18, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
It's been unclear whether boys are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder more often because of detection issues, or if
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
For some time now, cannabis users have been known to be at risk of developing psychosis more often than nonusers. Now th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 16, 2021
Microbiology
The current COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Modern are based on messenger RNA, which cells use to make proteins
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
A chimera human-monkey blastocyst is seen in this image by Weizhi Ji of the Kunming University of Science and Technology
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a high-detail map to track phytoplankton in the ocean
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 14, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Right after birth, young animals go through a period in which they 'imprint,' or fixate on sights and smells that they'r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
DNA from a very old skull is changing what we know about when and where early humans lived.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers were shocked when they saw the results of a genetic analysis comparing various microbes from around the worl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2021
Microbiology
Lyme disease is a disease that is caused by four main species of bacteria, including Borrelia burgdorferi, which ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Epidurals are a form of pain relief during childbirth and is used by more than half of all women in labor. Many women wh
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Vaccines are mostly known as tools to prevent illness. But cancer vaccines are a bit different, and aim to treat existin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used the gar fish to learn more about the network of nerves that links our eyes to our brains. The gar i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Over 1 in 10 children in the US aged between 5 and 17 have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 09, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some diseases, like sickle-cell anemia and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are due to errors in only a single let
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For over 100 years, scientists have been seeing speckles when they looked at stained nuclei in cells. Now researchers ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2021
Immunology
Researchers have discovered a gene that is directly linked to the development of cardiovascular diseases, such as high b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 07, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been using genetic and computational tools to find small changes in the sequences of genes that are like
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch