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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 02, 2024Genetics & Genomics
With powerful tools that sequence the genes that are being expressed in individual cells, scientists have gained new ins ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2024Microbiology
Microbes have been engaged in an arms race with one another that goes back for millennia. While we have been able to rev ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used an organoid model to gain new insights into Huntington's disease, a fatal genetic disorder that cau ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2024Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus that causes the illness - SARS-CoV-2 - has had a practically infinit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2024Genetics & Genomics
This study has added to evidence that the cerebellum has important roles that are underappreciated.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
A colorized scanning electron micrograph depicts a Kupffer cell. / Credit: Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microsco ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Cells are defined by the genes they express. In human cells, there are thousands of different protein coding genes, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Although scientists have long known that Down syndrome is caused by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21, symp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
We know that some groups of modern humans still carry some sequences in their genomes that are derived from Neanderthals ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2024Microbiology
Animal models have served as excellent models of many aspects of human biology and disease, but they cannot mimic every ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Most of us measure our ages chronologically, but recently, scientists have developed a way to measure biological age usi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have recently discovered a novel type of RNA known as circular RNAs (circRNAs). These molecules form when co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
There are trillions of microorganisms in the human gut, many of which serve important functions. These microbes can help ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2024Microbiology
While melting ice in the Arctic has revealed ancient microbes, there is a lake in Antarctica with levels of salt that ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The cells in the body, and the DNA they contain are constantly bombarded with environmental influences including UV rays ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. They can live almost anywhere, including wate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
After decades of effort, scientists have made real progress in understanding multiple sclerosis. While researchers knew ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2024Genetics & Genomics
In some rare cases, people who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have a partial or total recovery f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new studies have outlined major new findings in Parkinson's disease genetics. One has identified a gene that could r ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2024Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Many rare diseases can be traced back to an error in a gene. Genetic mutations may not be inherited, and can arise out o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about genomic sequences that are transcribed but never translated into protein, and once w ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2024Genetics & Genomics
There are around a trillion microbes in the human gastrointestinal system. This community of microbes, known as the gut ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
With powerful tools that sequence the genes that are being expressed in individual cells, scientists have gained new ins
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2024
Microbiology
Microbes have been engaged in an arms race with one another that goes back for millennia. While we have been able to rev
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have used an organoid model to gain new insights into Huntington's disease, a fatal genetic disorder that cau
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2024
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus that causes the illness - SARS-CoV-2 - has had a practically infinit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
This study has added to evidence that the cerebellum has important roles that are underappreciated.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
A colorized scanning electron micrograph depicts a Kupffer cell. / Credit: Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microsco
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Cells are defined by the genes they express. In human cells, there are thousands of different protein coding genes, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Although scientists have long known that Down syndrome is caused by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21, symp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
We know that some groups of modern humans still carry some sequences in their genomes that are derived from Neanderthals
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2024
Microbiology
Animal models have served as excellent models of many aspects of human biology and disease, but they cannot mimic every
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Most of us measure our ages chronologically, but recently, scientists have developed a way to measure biological age usi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have recently discovered a novel type of RNA known as circular RNAs (circRNAs). These molecules form when co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are trillions of microorganisms in the human gut, many of which serve important functions. These microbes can help
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2024
Microbiology
While melting ice in the Arctic has revealed ancient microbes, there is a lake in Antarctica with levels of salt that ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The cells in the body, and the DNA they contain are constantly bombarded with environmental influences including UV rays
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. They can live almost anywhere, including wate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
After decades of effort, scientists have made real progress in understanding multiple sclerosis. While researchers knew
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
In some rare cases, people who are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have a partial or total recovery f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new studies have outlined major new findings in Parkinson's disease genetics. One has identified a gene that could r
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
For a long time, gene expression seemed fairly straightforward. But in recent years, researchers have revealed many surp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many rare diseases can be traced back to an error in a gene. Genetic mutations may not be inherited, and can arise out o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are learning more about genomic sequences that are transcribed but never translated into protein, and once w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
There are around a trillion microbes in the human gastrointestinal system. This community of microbes, known as the gut
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch