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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 25, 2025Plants & Animals
The relationship between oceanographic conditions and predator population dynamics is a complex but critical area of stu ...Written By: Greta AnneFEB 24, 2025Genetics & Genomics
A part of the brain called the pallium is responsible for complex functions and cognition, and is one thing that sets hu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2025Microbiology
Worldwide, hepatitis B is thought to be the second deadliest infection; about 5% of the global population are infection ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Decades ago, researchers showed that Down syndrome (also known as trisomy 21), was caused when individuals carried an ex ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2025Plants & Animals
A study published in Scienc on humpback whale songs has provided remarkable insights into the nature of nonhuman animal ...Written By: Greta AnneFEB 18, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Muscular dystrophy is a disease caused by a genetic mutation. The muscles of muscular dystrophy patients weaken..Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Preeclampsia is a complication that arises in 5-8% of pregnancies. It causes high blood pressure (hypertension) and may ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2025Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens can cause serious infections. So many of them are becoming resistant to the effects of antibiotics t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2025Immunology
Alopecia refers to hair loss and can affect the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, and other areas of the body. There are diffe ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeFEB 12, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
There are many molecules with therapeutic potential, but it can be a challenge to deliver them to the right places at th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 10, 2025Genetics & Genomics
The human genome can have some quirky features, like copy number variation. When this happens, an individual carries, or ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have linked roughly five percent of adult cancers to mutations in genes called FOCAD and TTC37. Another gene ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2025Immunology
A majority of patients with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Specifically, more than 38 million Americans have diabetes an ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeFEB 05, 2025Technology
How can the field of synthetic biology help improve engineered living materials (ELMs)? This is what a recent study publ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 04, 2025Drug Discovery & Development
Hypoxia, a condition characterized by reduced oxygen availability, has been widely studied for its potential therapeutic ...Written By: Greta AnneFEB 03, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered that a crucial protein found in plants, called auxin response factor (ARF) first arose about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have successfully engineered a mouse with two fathers that went onto survive until adulthood. Researchers hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Some psychiatric disorders have many overlapping symptoms, which can make it very challenging to diagnose a specific dis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Transcription factors are proteins that can bind to DNA and affect the expression of genes; some are known as master reg ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Ancient viruses are embedded everywhere in the human genome. It's thought that about 8% of the human genome...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 24, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Females carry two X chromosomes, after inheriting one from each parent. In order to stop serious problems from arising, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2025Immunology
Food allergies have been on the rise over the last few decades. According to Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeJAN 23, 2025Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been studying this compound as a potential treatment for a rare neurological disorder, but it could appl ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2025
Plants & Animals
The relationship between oceanographic conditions and predator population dynamics is a complex but critical area of stu
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
FEB 24, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
A part of the brain called the pallium is responsible for complex functions and cognition, and is one thing that sets hu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2025
Microbiology
Worldwide, hepatitis B is thought to be the second deadliest infection; about 5% of the global population are infection
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Decades ago, researchers showed that Down syndrome (also known as trisomy 21), was caused when individuals carried an ex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2025
Plants & Animals
A study published in Scienc on humpback whale songs has provided remarkable insights into the nature of nonhuman animal
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
FEB 18, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Muscular dystrophy is a disease caused by a genetic mutation. The muscles of muscular dystrophy patients weaken..
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Preeclampsia is a complication that arises in 5-8% of pregnancies. It causes high blood pressure (hypertension) and may
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2025
Microbiology
Bacterial pathogens can cause serious infections. So many of them are becoming resistant to the effects of antibiotics t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2025
Immunology
Alopecia refers to hair loss and can affect the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, and other areas of the body. There are diffe
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
FEB 12, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are many molecules with therapeutic potential, but it can be a challenge to deliver them to the right places at th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 10, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome can have some quirky features, like copy number variation. When this happens, an individual carries, or
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have linked roughly five percent of adult cancers to mutations in genes called FOCAD and TTC37. Another gene
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2025
Immunology
A majority of patients with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Specifically, more than 38 million Americans have diabetes an
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
FEB 05, 2025
Technology
How can the field of synthetic biology help improve engineered living materials (ELMs)? This is what a recent study publ
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 04, 2025
Drug Discovery & Development
Hypoxia, a condition characterized by reduced oxygen availability, has been widely studied for its potential therapeutic
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
FEB 03, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have discovered that a crucial protein found in plants, called auxin response factor (ARF) first arose about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have successfully engineered a mouse with two fathers that went onto survive until adulthood. Researchers hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some psychiatric disorders have many overlapping symptoms, which can make it very challenging to diagnose a specific dis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Transcription factors are proteins that can bind to DNA and affect the expression of genes; some are known as master reg
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Ancient viruses are embedded everywhere in the human genome. It's thought that about 8% of the human genome...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 24, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Females carry two X chromosomes, after inheriting one from each parent. In order to stop serious problems from arising,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2025
Immunology
Food allergies have been on the rise over the last few decades. According to Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
JAN 23, 2025
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been studying this compound as a potential treatment for a rare neurological disorder, but it could appl
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch