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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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AUG 14, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Optogenetics is a technique that has been in development for several years, and aims to combine optics and genetics to u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2022Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Errors in human genes can lead to many different types of diseases, and scientists have been searching for ways to corre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2022Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2022Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Our genome is huge. It's made up of about 3 billion base pairs, and if the whole molecule was stretched to its full leng ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2013, scientists described a method for editing the genome of eukaryotic cells (such at those found in humans) using ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 01, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study published in Cell Reports highlights a new drug that could help to repair nervous system damage caused by ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 31, 2022Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2022Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and scientists have searched for the origins of the virus. After i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2022Immunology
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. Since we first encountered it in late 2019, the virus has continued to mut ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2022Earth & The Environment
Gold miners working in the freezing Klondike gold mines in Canada's Yukon territory have made a discovery while excavati ...Written By: Timothy JamesJUL 27, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Excessive or binge drinking can cause plenty of immediate problems for drinkers, like risky behaviors, car crashes, viol ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2022Genetics & Genomics
When the genomes of parents come together to create the genome of a child, their DNA recombines; similar parts are rearr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2022Cardiology
A new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and recently published in Science discusses how the loss ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 22, 2022Earth & The Environment
A recent and comprehensive study out of Flinders University in Australia that was published in BMC Ecology and Evolution ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 21, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists are beginning to understand the significant impact of a process called hematopoietic mosaic loss of Y chromos ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJUL 21, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Huge sections of the human genome are made up of highly repetitive sequences, areas where bases like ATATAT repeat in lo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that there is a genetic connection between Alzheimer's disease and gastrointestinal disorders lik ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2022Plants & Animals
Personalized medicine refers to making decisions about treatment that are optimized to a specific individual, often as a ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUL 13, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There are billions of nucleotides in the human genome, and researchers once thought that there were as many as 100,000 p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Sperm and egg cells, or gametes, are unusual. Egg cells are some of the largest cell types, and sperm are some of the sm ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2022Microbiology
Many fibromyalgia patients spent years waiting for clinicians to acknowledge their condition, and researchers have been ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Optogenetics is a technique that has been in development for several years, and aims to combine optics and genetics to u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2022
Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Errors in human genes can lead to many different types of diseases, and scientists have been searching for ways to corre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2022
Microbiology
This new approach could also be effective against many different types of RNA viruses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Our genome is huge. It's made up of about 3 billion base pairs, and if the whole molecule was stretched to its full leng
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
In 2013, scientists described a method for editing the genome of eukaryotic cells (such at those found in humans) using
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 01, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A recent study published in Cell Reports highlights a new drug that could help to repair nervous system damage caused by
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 31, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
DNA was characterized in 1953, and shortly after, the nature of the genetic code was revealed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2022
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and scientists have searched for the origins of the virus. After i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2022
Immunology
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19. Since we first encountered it in late 2019, the virus has continued to mut
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Gold miners working in the freezing Klondike gold mines in Canada's Yukon territory have made a discovery while excavati
...
Written By:
Timothy James
JUL 27, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Excessive or binge drinking can cause plenty of immediate problems for drinkers, like risky behaviors, car crashes, viol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
When the genomes of parents come together to create the genome of a child, their DNA recombines; similar parts are rearr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2022
Cardiology
A new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and recently published in Science discusses how the loss
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 22, 2022
Earth & The Environment
A recent and comprehensive study out of Flinders University in Australia that was published in BMC Ecology and Evolution
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 21, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists are beginning to understand the significant impact of a process called hematopoietic mosaic loss of Y chromos
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JUL 21, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Huge sections of the human genome are made up of highly repetitive sequences, areas where bases like ATATAT repeat in lo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
New research has found that there is a genetic connection between Alzheimer's disease and gastrointestinal disorders lik
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2022
Plants & Animals
Personalized medicine refers to making decisions about treatment that are optimized to a specific individual, often as a
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUL 13, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There are billions of nucleotides in the human genome, and researchers once thought that there were as many as 100,000 p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sperm and egg cells, or gametes, are unusual. Egg cells are some of the largest cell types, and sperm are some of the sm
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2022
Microbiology
Many fibromyalgia patients spent years waiting for clinicians to acknowledge their condition, and researchers have been
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch