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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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NOV 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies are tests that look for biomarkers in the blood, which can help inform the treatment of cancer. The tool ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2020Cancer
Tireless research goes into every cancer diagnostic tools and new therapy. Many types of cancer have made giant steps fo ...Written By: Jasper CantrellNOV 08, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a rare genetic disorder that makes the skin incredibly fragile; it forms blisters and can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2020Earth & The Environment
Monarchs are shifting their migration patterns to live year-round in locations where the plants they need are always ava ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 07, 2020Cancer
A study published last week in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine provides insight into the molecular mechanisms t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken a close look at the physiology of the octopus, creatures that are ancient and unique. Their arms c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2020Cannabis Sciences
While most studies investigating the link between cannabis and male fertility have shown a negative correlation, some su ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 06, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization estimates that over 500 million people have Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2), a sexuall ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 04, 2020Plants & Animals
Voeltzkow’s chameleon was recently rediscovered after disappearing for more than 100 years. According to an articl ...Written By: Tiffany DazetNOV 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing technologies have rapidly advanced, reducing the time required to sequence the entire human genome fr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 03, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
We are exposed to a vast array of chemicals every day. Many are harmless or even important, like the air we breathe, wat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Medical Univesity of Vienna in Austria have found that a peptide (a small protein molecule) found i ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 02, 2020Microbiology
The Salmonella bacterium is to blame fora lot of foodborne infections, many of which cause only mild illness, though oth ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 02, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Denisovans were ancient hominins that were discovered only recently, and they had a wider range than previously known.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Yale University have homed in on a specific kind of neuron that appears to play a sizable role in fatal ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 01, 2020Genetics & Genomics
When light levels are low, the rod cells of our eyes go to work to help us see.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from MIT have identified a brain circuit that may explain why, as people age, they tend to lose motivation t ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2020Health & Medicine
Cannabis users have long reported, anecdotally, that the drug can ease gastrointestinal woes, including irritable bowel ...Written By: Angela DowdenOCT 26, 2020Genetics & Genomics
People that eat a 'paleo' diet operate under the idea that we should be eating more like our ancestors, and that metabol ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2020Microbiology
From the time of the Black Death, around 1348 and the Great Plague of 1665, epidemics of plague occurred in Europe. Rese ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2020Genetics & Genomics
There are thought to be more than 94 million cats in the US alone. Researchers have now improved the reference genome se ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Ewing sarcoma is a rare kind of cancer that tends to impact young people and occurs in bones or the tissue around them. ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Liquid biopsies are tests that look for biomarkers in the blood, which can help inform the treatment of cancer. The tool
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2020
Cancer
Tireless research goes into every cancer diagnostic tools and new therapy. Many types of cancer have made giant steps fo
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 08, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found that drug-resistant bacteria can hang around even after deep cleaning. They used genome sequencin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a rare genetic disorder that makes the skin incredibly fragile; it forms blisters and can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Monarchs are shifting their migration patterns to live year-round in locations where the plants they need are always ava
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 07, 2020
Cancer
A study published last week in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine provides insight into the molecular mechanisms t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken a close look at the physiology of the octopus, creatures that are ancient and unique. Their arms c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
While most studies investigating the link between cannabis and male fertility have shown a negative correlation, some su
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 06, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The World Health Organization estimates that over 500 million people have Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2), a sexuall
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 04, 2020
Plants & Animals
Voeltzkow’s chameleon was recently rediscovered after disappearing for more than 100 years. According to an articl
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
NOV 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic sequencing technologies have rapidly advanced, reducing the time required to sequence the entire human genome fr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 03, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We are exposed to a vast array of chemicals every day. Many are harmless or even important, like the air we breathe, wat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Medical Univesity of Vienna in Austria have found that a peptide (a small protein molecule) found i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 02, 2020
Microbiology
The Salmonella bacterium is to blame fora lot of foodborne infections, many of which cause only mild illness, though oth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 02, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Denisovans were ancient hominins that were discovered only recently, and they had a wider range than previously known.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Yale University have homed in on a specific kind of neuron that appears to play a sizable role in fatal
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 01, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
When light levels are low, the rod cells of our eyes go to work to help us see.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from MIT have identified a brain circuit that may explain why, as people age, they tend to lose motivation t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR-Cas9 genomic editing system holds great promise for treating genetic errors that cause human disease. But we
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2020
Health & Medicine
Cannabis users have long reported, anecdotally, that the drug can ease gastrointestinal woes, including irritable bowel
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
OCT 26, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
People that eat a 'paleo' diet operate under the idea that we should be eating more like our ancestors, and that metabol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2020
Microbiology
From the time of the Black Death, around 1348 and the Great Plague of 1665, epidemics of plague occurred in Europe. Rese
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
There are thought to be more than 94 million cats in the US alone. Researchers have now improved the reference genome se
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Ewing sarcoma is a rare kind of cancer that tends to impact young people and occurs in bones or the tissue around them.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch