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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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SEP 12, 2020Chemistry & Physics
The development of a novel colorimetric sensor may bring some mental relief to your COVID-19 anxieties. According to the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Consortium, has produced multiple papers that have provided new insight into human ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The TDP-43 protein is a well-known hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). A ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 11, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Telomeres cap the ends of chromosomes. They work to protect the chromosomes from degradation, and are known to get short ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2020Cancer
Chemotherapy is a life-saving discovery for cancer patients. One of its biggest drawbacks is the toxicity that comes wit ...Written By: Jasper CantrellSEP 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
While institutional racism in the healthcare system plays a major part, there seem to also be biological reasons why the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2020Chemistry & Physics
There's no doubt that the word "virus" is currently on everyone's mind. However, there's a lot mor ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Diseases that are caused by errors in a gene might be cured if we could correct those errors, or genetic mutations.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2020Plants & Animals
Using an evolutionary map and CT (computed tomography) scans, an international team of researchers has identified eleven ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A Phase III global clinical trial by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has found that a new drug, k ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 08, 2020Space & Astronomy
Without gravity from Earth, muscles and bones tend to weaken quickly. To combat this, astronauts usually need to spend t ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 07, 2020Immunology
The ability to edit the human genome using CRISPR has been heralded as a revolution in medicine. However, one of the big ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found evidence that humans in Europe gained the ability to metabolize the lactose, the sugar in milk, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
There are many genes in the DNA that gives rise to an organism, and genes that code for protein are a critical part of t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Small changes in the sequences of some genes affect the characteristics of blood cells, and may contribute to an individ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2020Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that some bacteria can make ethylene in a way we never knew about; microbes that metabolize ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2020Cancer
A new study published in the British Medical Journal is the largest of its kind to look at the link between hair dy ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 02, 2020Microbiology
Helicobacter pylori can be found in as much as fifty percent of the world's population.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are calling on the sun to develop a conversion technique to transform carbon dioxide into fuels, pharmaceuti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 01, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
All over the body, cells line organs and vessels, forming protective barriers. But pathogens like the flu have gained th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Women tend to get Alzheimer's more than men, but the female genome gives them some protection from the worst aspects of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2020Immunology
Malaria is one of the biggest ongoing threats to global health — over 200 million were infected and almost half a ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 31, 2020Cancer
Chemoresistance is a serious problem for many cancer therapies. Solutions to this problem are harder to come by than the ...Written By: Jasper Cantrell
SEP 12, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
The development of a novel colorimetric sensor may bring some mental relief to your COVID-19 anxieties. According to the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Consortium, has produced multiple papers that have provided new insight into human
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The TDP-43 protein is a well-known hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). A
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 11, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Telomeres cap the ends of chromosomes. They work to protect the chromosomes from degradation, and are known to get short
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2020
Cancer
Chemotherapy is a life-saving discovery for cancer patients. One of its biggest drawbacks is the toxicity that comes wit
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
SEP 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
While institutional racism in the healthcare system plays a major part, there seem to also be biological reasons why the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
There's no doubt that the word "virus" is currently on everyone's mind. However, there's a lot mor
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Diseases that are caused by errors in a gene might be cured if we could correct those errors, or genetic mutations.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2020
Plants & Animals
Using an evolutionary map and CT (computed tomography) scans, an international team of researchers has identified eleven
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A Phase III global clinical trial by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) has found that a new drug, k
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 08, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Without gravity from Earth, muscles and bones tend to weaken quickly. To combat this, astronauts usually need to spend t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 07, 2020
Immunology
The ability to edit the human genome using CRISPR has been heralded as a revolution in medicine. However, one of the big
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found evidence that humans in Europe gained the ability to metabolize the lactose, the sugar in milk, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Around 11,000 years ago, megafauna of the earth began to go extinct. Mastodons were some of the largest land animals liv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are many genes in the DNA that gives rise to an organism, and genes that code for protein are a critical part of t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Small changes in the sequences of some genes affect the characteristics of blood cells, and may contribute to an individ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that some bacteria can make ethylene in a way we never knew about; microbes that metabolize
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2020
Cancer
A new study published in the British Medical Journal is the largest of its kind to look at the link between hair dy
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 02, 2020
Microbiology
Helicobacter pylori can be found in as much as fifty percent of the world's population.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers are calling on the sun to develop a conversion technique to transform carbon dioxide into fuels, pharmaceuti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 01, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
All over the body, cells line organs and vessels, forming protective barriers. But pathogens like the flu have gained th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Women tend to get Alzheimer's more than men, but the female genome gives them some protection from the worst aspects of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2020
Immunology
Malaria is one of the biggest ongoing threats to global health — over 200 million were infected and almost half a
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 31, 2020
Cancer
Chemoresistance is a serious problem for many cancer therapies. Solutions to this problem are harder to come by than the
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell