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Molecular Genetics
Molecular Genetics: is the field of biology that studies the structure and function of genes at a molecular level, simultaneously using both molecular biology and genetics. This typically refers to the laboratory techniques used to identify or manipulate DNA segments that are involved in synthesis of important biological molecules.
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OCT 29, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Over the past year, findings from a Twin Study by NASA have been revealed.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made many advances in gene-editing technology in recent years, and it's undergoing constant improvement ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 27, 2017Immunology
Neutrophils are a type of immune cell, among the first to arrive when the body’s sentinels raise the alarm of a pa ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 26, 2017Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 25, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Vitamin D, also known fondly as the “sunshine vitamin,” could potentailly play a role in lowering the r ...OCT 25, 2017Immunology
Both genetics and environmental factors play a role in one person’s risk for food allergies, but with experts esti ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 25, 2017Neuroscience
Experts on schizophrenia have often pointed to the frontal and temporal region of the brain when explaining the disorder ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Relatively recent advancements in gene editing tools have completely revolutionized biomedical science, and now that tec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infections in the world. Part of the problem is the extended period of ti ...OCT 23, 2017Immunology
Why are women more likely to have an autoimmune disease? It may literally be in their genes. A new study suggests that w ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 21, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have learned more about a genetic disorder that affects the liver, revealing potential new therapeutic avenue ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat cancer more effectively, and utilizing mechanisms that we already h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Using cutting-edge gene-editing technologies, Japanese scientists have modified hens to produce eggs that now contain a ...OCT 19, 2017Cardiology
There’s a new explanation for why a unique type of heart failure doesn’t respond to traditional drugs used t ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 19, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Our genome contains thousands of genes, each of which has to be turned on and off at precisely the right times.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2017Cancer
Using gene-editing technology in mice, scientists implicate a new fusion gene in the development of liver cancer. Becaus ...OCT 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
We know that humans still carry some genetic material from Neanderthals, and evidence is growing that is exerts an influ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno ...OCT 16, 2017Plants & Animals
In a bittersweet turn of events for scientific research, a famous ‘lefty’ garden snail named Jeremy passed a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 11, 2017Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Durian is a favorite fruit in Asia, nicknamed the king of fruits. It has a legendary, pungent aroma.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k ...OCT 08, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Chromosomes have to be organized through a process called loop extrusion, and scientists have found the motor driving th ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Over the past year, findings from a Twin Study by NASA have been revealed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made many advances in gene-editing technology in recent years, and it's undergoing constant improvement
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2017
Immunology
Neutrophils are a type of immune cell, among the first to arrive when the body’s sentinels raise the alarm of a pa
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2017
Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 25, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Vitamin D, also known fondly as the “sunshine vitamin,” could potentailly play a role in lowering the r
...
OCT 25, 2017
Immunology
Both genetics and environmental factors play a role in one person’s risk for food allergies, but with experts esti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 25, 2017
Neuroscience
Experts on schizophrenia have often pointed to the frontal and temporal region of the brain when explaining the disorder
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Relatively recent advancements in gene editing tools have completely revolutionized biomedical science, and now that tec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infections in the world. Part of the problem is the extended period of ti
...
OCT 23, 2017
Immunology
Why are women more likely to have an autoimmune disease? It may literally be in their genes. A new study suggests that w
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have learned more about a genetic disorder that affects the liver, revealing potential new therapeutic avenue
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat cancer more effectively, and utilizing mechanisms that we already h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Using cutting-edge gene-editing technologies, Japanese scientists have modified hens to produce eggs that now contain a
...
OCT 19, 2017
Cardiology
There’s a new explanation for why a unique type of heart failure doesn’t respond to traditional drugs used t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 19, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Our genome contains thousands of genes, each of which has to be turned on and off at precisely the right times.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2017
Cancer
Using gene-editing technology in mice, scientists implicate a new fusion gene in the development of liver cancer. Becaus
...
OCT 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
We know that humans still carry some genetic material from Neanderthals, and evidence is growing that is exerts an influ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno
...
OCT 16, 2017
Plants & Animals
In a bittersweet turn of events for scientific research, a famous ‘lefty’ garden snail named Jeremy passed a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 11, 2017
Immunology
The Zika virus is mutating so dangerously fast that experts studying the pathogen in Brazil are concerned that we may be
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Durian is a favorite fruit in Asia, nicknamed the king of fruits. It has a legendary, pungent aroma.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k
...
OCT 08, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chromosomes have to be organized through a process called loop extrusion, and scientists have found the motor driving th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch