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Medical Genetics: involves the application of genetics to medical care, including research on the causes and inheritance of genetic disorders, and their diagnosis and management.
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OCT 03, 2018Genetics & Genomics
You may not have heard of the groundcherry, but scientists are eager to get people to try the newly-modified exotic frui ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 02, 2018Health & Medicine
Just as recently as a few decades ago, many common health screenings were not readily available. Mammography, for b ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 01, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Cells have to carry around a huge amount of genetic material, and usually that DNA is about 1000 times longer than the c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 01, 2018Immunology
The immune system consists of a variety of different cell types. But how do the cells undergo differentiation? A study r ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlOCT 01, 2018Microbiology
It's estimated that 780 million people worldwide don't have access to clean drinking water.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 26, 2018Neuroscience
Solanezumab: this simple name evokes at the same time one of the greatest hopes and the worst disillusions for Alzheimer ...SEP 17, 2018Genetics & Genomics
After assessing data from over one million patients, a team of scientists have found 500 new genes linked to blood press ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This tool might be extrapolated for many other disorders, and may free patients from repeated doctor visits.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2018Microbiology
This work is a step toward bioengineering the microbes in the gut for improved human health.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2018Technology
The Hedgehog signaling pathway is known to transmit information to embryonic cells. However, insufficient signaling duri ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 30, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Traditional tools often focus on one aspect of a cell, but a new technique can assay the expression of 1000s of genes in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic rhinosinusitis is different from allergies; it leads to serious inflammation and swelling in the sinuses that ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2018Immunology
Immune cell functions such as inflammation are dictated by your bodies circadian rhythm, responding daily to external st ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsAUG 21, 2018Cardiology
Individuals at low risk for heart disease need to watch their cholesterol levels, despite being healthy high cholesterol ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsAUG 20, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Using genetics, this work has created a way to identify people at higher risk for five common diseases - before they sho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2018Technology
Researchers at the University of Illinois have adapted to new CRISPR gene-editing technology that causes the cell's ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 13, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Mayo Clinic have developed a way to use whole genome sequencing to locate the source of deadly bacterial p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Even if something gets described as epigenetic, it does not necessarily mean it's an environmental effect.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2018Neuroscience
It's been established by many studies that women are more vulnerable than men when it comes to head injuries. Women ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 12, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers want to ensure that technology is distributed equitably, to benefit everyone.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 05, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This rare type of cell seems to play a major role in cystic fibrosis.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2018Genetics & Genomics
A new study challenges the prevailing view of how humans acquired an unusual trait - the spoken word.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2018Cannabis Sciences
The Ice Bucket Challenge brought attention to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and the need for further research on t ...Written By: Amanda Kahl
OCT 03, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
You may not have heard of the groundcherry, but scientists are eager to get people to try the newly-modified exotic frui
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 02, 2018
Health & Medicine
Just as recently as a few decades ago, many common health screenings were not readily available. Mammography, for b
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 01, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Cells have to carry around a huge amount of genetic material, and usually that DNA is about 1000 times longer than the c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 01, 2018
Immunology
The immune system consists of a variety of different cell types. But how do the cells undergo differentiation? A study r
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
OCT 01, 2018
Microbiology
It's estimated that 780 million people worldwide don't have access to clean drinking water.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 26, 2018
Neuroscience
Solanezumab: this simple name evokes at the same time one of the greatest hopes and the worst disillusions for Alzheimer
...
SEP 17, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
After assessing data from over one million patients, a team of scientists have found 500 new genes linked to blood press
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This tool might be extrapolated for many other disorders, and may free patients from repeated doctor visits.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2018
Microbiology
This work is a step toward bioengineering the microbes in the gut for improved human health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2018
Technology
The Hedgehog signaling pathway is known to transmit information to embryonic cells. However, insufficient signaling duri
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 30, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Traditional tools often focus on one aspect of a cell, but a new technique can assay the expression of 1000s of genes in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic rhinosinusitis is different from allergies; it leads to serious inflammation and swelling in the sinuses that ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2018
Immunology
Immune cell functions such as inflammation are dictated by your bodies circadian rhythm, responding daily to external st
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
AUG 21, 2018
Cardiology
Individuals at low risk for heart disease need to watch their cholesterol levels, despite being healthy high cholesterol
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
AUG 20, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Using genetics, this work has created a way to identify people at higher risk for five common diseases - before they sho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2018
Technology
Researchers at the University of Illinois have adapted to new CRISPR gene-editing technology that causes the cell's
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 13, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Mayo Clinic have developed a way to use whole genome sequencing to locate the source of deadly bacterial p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Even if something gets described as epigenetic, it does not necessarily mean it's an environmental effect.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2018
Neuroscience
It's been established by many studies that women are more vulnerable than men when it comes to head injuries. Women
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 12, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers want to ensure that technology is distributed equitably, to benefit everyone.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 05, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This rare type of cell seems to play a major role in cystic fibrosis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
A new study challenges the prevailing view of how humans acquired an unusual trait - the spoken word.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
The Ice Bucket Challenge brought attention to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and the need for further research on t
...
Written By:
Amanda Kahl