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Human Genetics
Human Genetics: is the study of inheritance as it exist in human beings. This field encompasses a variety of overlapping grounds including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, clinical genetics, population genetics, developmental genetics, and genetic counseling.
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SEP 21, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the nervous system that disrupts the flow of information between the brain and t ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 19, 2015Neuroscience
The abnormal behavior of two genes (BDNF and DTNBP1) is related to the underlying cause of schizophrenia, providing a ne ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Due to a lack in the development of reliable experimental systems for studying human embryos, there is currently not muc ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
There are several risk factors that have been identified for breast cancer including age, reproductive history, hormones ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 14, 2015Health & Medicine
Last week, a giant virus was recovered from the permafrost in northeastern Russia by a French team lead by Dr. Jean ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 13, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Some people remain healthy into their 80s and beyond, while others age faster and suffer serious diseases decades earlie ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 13, 2015Neuroscience
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) seem to get better in the winter and worse in the summer, so a group led by Francisc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa. ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists led by Sweden's Karolinska Institutet (http://ki.se/en/startpage?) has mapped fo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 09, 2015Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
For the first time a synthetic DNA vaccine can induce protective immunity against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ( ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The thousands of different bacteria living in our intestinal tract – our microbiome – have a major impact on ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 30, 2015Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins researchers think that a common gene mutation triggers the brain damage associated with both amyotrophic l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 29, 2015Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
High blood levels of two very closely related proteins can change the outcome of heart disease, according to a new study ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Carnegie Mellon University physicists Mathias Lösche and Frank Heinrich have led an international group of research ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
UC San Francisco has launched the UCSF Center for Next-Gen Precision Medicine Diagnostics, a dedicated research center f ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2015Infographics
Humans are human based on our hereditary information, or in other words, our genome.Written By: Jennifer EllisAUG 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The Israeli start-up NRGene and researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced that they have deciphered the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 13, 2015Cannabis Sciences
You might have been told that cannabis makes you hungry. A team of researchers is finding a way to use it in a weight lo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
SEP 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the nervous system that disrupts the flow of information between the brain and t
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 19, 2015
Neuroscience
The abnormal behavior of two genes (BDNF and DTNBP1) is related to the underlying cause of schizophrenia, providing a ne
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Due to a lack in the development of reliable experimental systems for studying human embryos, there is currently not muc
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are several risk factors that have been identified for breast cancer including age, reproductive history, hormones
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 14, 2015
Health & Medicine
Last week, a giant virus was recovered from the permafrost in northeastern Russia by a French team lead by Dr. Jean
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Some people remain healthy into their 80s and beyond, while others age faster and suffer serious diseases decades earlie
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) seem to get better in the winter and worse in the summer, so a group led by Francisc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 11, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In a case still baffling to physicians, last summer, a 74-year-old woman from San Francisco’s Chinatown was admitt
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Ebola is a highly infectious, hemorrhagic disease that caused a huge outbreak last year, primarily in West Africa.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists led by Sweden's Karolinska Institutet (http://ki.se/en/startpage?) has mapped fo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 09, 2015
Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time a synthetic DNA vaccine can induce protective immunity against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The thousands of different bacteria living in our intestinal tract – our microbiome – have a major impact on
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 30, 2015
Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins researchers think that a common gene mutation triggers the brain damage associated with both amyotrophic l
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 29, 2015
Cancer
Viruses can be involved in the development of serious diseases. A case in point is liver cancer, which often develops in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
High blood levels of two very closely related proteins can change the outcome of heart disease, according to a new study
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Carnegie Mellon University physicists Mathias Lösche and Frank Heinrich have led an international group of research
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
UC San Francisco has launched the UCSF Center for Next-Gen Precision Medicine Diagnostics, a dedicated research center f
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 19, 2015
Infographics
Humans are human based on our hereditary information, or in other words, our genome.
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
AUG 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The Israeli start-up NRGene and researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have announced that they have deciphered the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most commonly studied bacteria in the world, ubiquitous in almost every type of soil in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 13, 2015
Cannabis Sciences
You might have been told that cannabis makes you hungry. A team of researchers is finding a way to use it in a weight lo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers Amber Southwell, Michael Hayden and Blair Leavitt at the University of British Columbia Centre for Molecular
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider