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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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FEB 03, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Viruses mutate, and the more they multiply, the more chances they have to introduce new mutations, by modifying portions ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2021Cancer
New research from a 20-year long study on California sea lions shows cause for alarm for both ecologists and oncologists ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 02, 2021Genetics & Genomics
With genome-wide association studies, researchers have been able to link small variations in the genome to a greater (or ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 02, 2021Immunology
Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped bacteria, often given a bad rap thanks to its association with food poisoning. But c ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 01, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that a simple genetic test could be a huge benefit to public health; it could tell clinicians ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Cancer is typically related to problems in cells' genomes that lead to uncontrolled cell growth, and the formation of tu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists and archaeologists have long sought to learn when humans started consuming milk. They have tried to use indir ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Humans are far more likely to get several types of cancerous tumors than our closest evolutionary cousins, chimpanzees. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2021Earth & The Environment
Just like eavesdropping neighbors, scientists from Quebec's Université-Laval are peeping in on the shocking s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 28, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The characteristics of a cell and an organism are largely due to the genes that they express. When genes are active, the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
These variants can raise, or lower the risk of the disease, and now researchers have learned how they work.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2021Microbiology
A new study has connected neonatal exposure to antibiotics within fourteen days of birth is linked to a reduction in bod ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to explain why a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be so differen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, scientists have relied on cells that grow in dishes and animal models to learn more about human diseases ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2021Microbiology
The advancement of genetic and computational tools has given us so much new information its opened up new research field ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have identified a hormone that is generated during exercise, and they determined that when mice are treated w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2021Cancer
New research led by immunologist Ming Li from Sloan Kettering Institute unpacks a century-old mystery of cancer: why can ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 24, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now characterized a genetic disorder called linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embryon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
From preclinical studies, researchers have found that an investigational drug called ‘cabozantinib’ can trea ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 22, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Many different types of cells make up the human body, and the Human Cell Atlas is an initiative that has been aiming to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 22, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Calculating an individual’s risk of developing breast cancer isn’t easy. There’s a complex interplay b ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 20, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Paralysis due to spinal cord damage remains an irreparable condition. However, a new therapeutic approach may bring rene ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 20, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Cancer and genetics are linked; for example, when a cell's genome accumulates mutations it can begin to divide uncon ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Viruses mutate, and the more they multiply, the more chances they have to introduce new mutations, by modifying portions
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2021
Cancer
New research from a 20-year long study on California sea lions shows cause for alarm for both ecologists and oncologists
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 02, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
With genome-wide association studies, researchers have been able to link small variations in the genome to a greater (or
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Contact tracing is a powerful tool used by public health authorities to help slow the spread of infectious diseases such
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 02, 2021
Immunology
Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped bacteria, often given a bad rap thanks to its association with food poisoning. But c
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 01, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have suggested that a simple genetic test could be a huge benefit to public health; it could tell clinicians
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer is typically related to problems in cells' genomes that lead to uncontrolled cell growth, and the formation of tu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists and archaeologists have long sought to learn when humans started consuming milk. They have tried to use indir
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Humans are far more likely to get several types of cancerous tumors than our closest evolutionary cousins, chimpanzees.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Just like eavesdropping neighbors, scientists from Quebec's Université-Laval are peeping in on the shocking s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 28, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The characteristics of a cell and an organism are largely due to the genes that they express. When genes are active, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
These variants can raise, or lower the risk of the disease, and now researchers have learned how they work.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2021
Microbiology
A new study has connected neonatal exposure to antibiotics within fourteen days of birth is linked to a reduction in bod
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to explain why a heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) can be so differen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many years, scientists have relied on cells that grow in dishes and animal models to learn more about human diseases
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2021
Microbiology
The advancement of genetic and computational tools has given us so much new information its opened up new research field
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have identified a hormone that is generated during exercise, and they determined that when mice are treated w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2021
Cancer
New research led by immunologist Ming Li from Sloan Kettering Institute unpacks a century-old mystery of cancer: why can
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 24, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have now characterized a genetic disorder called linkage-specific-deubiquitylation-deficiency-induced embryon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
From preclinical studies, researchers have found that an investigational drug called ‘cabozantinib’ can trea
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 22, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Many different types of cells make up the human body, and the Human Cell Atlas is an initiative that has been aiming to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 22, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Calculating an individual’s risk of developing breast cancer isn’t easy. There’s a complex interplay b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 20, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Paralysis due to spinal cord damage remains an irreparable condition. However, a new therapeutic approach may bring rene
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 20, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer and genetics are linked; for example, when a cell's genome accumulates mutations it can begin to divide uncon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch