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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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AUG 27, 2020Cardiology
Dry mouth is one of those things you sort of ignore until you can refill your water bottle. Maybe you should take a seco ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 27, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Many diseases such as breast cancer have both a strong genetic component, coupled with a variety of environmental ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a lot more to the genome than just genes that code for proteins.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2020Immunology
In a new study published in Cell, researchers have identified a metabolic enzyme that could have powerful tumor-killing ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 24, 2020Immunology
Once in the body, HIV tracks down T cells that bear the CD4 receptor. It attaches to these immune cells, fusing itself w ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2020Cardiology
Leonardo da Vinci knew about a mesh, fibrous network surrounding the heart, and after hundreds of years, scientists are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Salk Institute researchers created 3D cell clusters that can produce insulin, which is shown in green in their image.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2020Genetics & Genomics
After years of development, testing, and regulatory approvals, a genetically engineered mosquito will be released in Flo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2020Genetics & Genomics
While it's difficult to study multiple genes at the same time, genes exist within a much larger framework that includes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2020Cardiology
Cells have many specialized organelles, including a kind of signaling hub called a cilium, which sticks out of the surfa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 19, 2020Immunology
When it comes to cancer biomarkers, it’s often the genetic signatures that are associated with poor patient outcom ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 18, 2020Health & Medicine
Even as countries are now gradually starting to reopen after lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Researche ...AUG 18, 2020Microbiology
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium: Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Its origins ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 18, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a cluster of genes that plays a role in the development of an autism subtype. The genes are involv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Once, it was thought that the tongue had zones that sensed different tastes. Researchers have learned a lot more about h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Small changes in the genome can sometimes have a huge impact, and researchers have found two that increase the risk of e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
There are several coronaviruses that we know about, and they cause a wide range of illnesses. Some, like SARS-CoV-2, are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2020Microbiology
From year to year, the influenza virus mutates and swaps genes with other flu viruses, and we need a new vaccine. But th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
DNA, whose signature double helix structure scored Watson and Crick (and Frankland presumably according to many) a Nobel ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 13, 2020Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
People typically think of gender in binary terms, but in the natural world, there are many examples of sexual fluidity.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2020Cancer
A first-of-its-kind study provides a comprehensive genomic study of cervical cancers in sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from Oxford University have shown that a single gene can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus (the bact ...Written By: Annie Lennon
AUG 27, 2020
Cardiology
Dry mouth is one of those things you sort of ignore until you can refill your water bottle. Maybe you should take a seco
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 27, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many diseases such as breast cancer have both a strong genetic component, coupled with a variety of environmental
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a lot more to the genome than just genes that code for proteins.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2020
Immunology
In a new study published in Cell, researchers have identified a metabolic enzyme that could have powerful tumor-killing
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 24, 2020
Immunology
Once in the body, HIV tracks down T cells that bear the CD4 receptor. It attaches to these immune cells, fusing itself w
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 24, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes what's popularly known as cold sores, and is transmitted mostly through oral-t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2020
Cardiology
Leonardo da Vinci knew about a mesh, fibrous network surrounding the heart, and after hundreds of years, scientists are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Salk Institute researchers created 3D cell clusters that can produce insulin, which is shown in green in their image.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
After years of development, testing, and regulatory approvals, a genetically engineered mosquito will be released in Flo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
While it's difficult to study multiple genes at the same time, genes exist within a much larger framework that includes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2020
Cardiology
Cells have many specialized organelles, including a kind of signaling hub called a cilium, which sticks out of the surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 19, 2020
Immunology
When it comes to cancer biomarkers, it’s often the genetic signatures that are associated with poor patient outcom
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 18, 2020
Health & Medicine
Even as countries are now gradually starting to reopen after lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Researche
...
AUG 18, 2020
Microbiology
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacterium: Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Its origins ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a cluster of genes that plays a role in the development of an autism subtype. The genes are involv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Once, it was thought that the tongue had zones that sensed different tastes. Researchers have learned a lot more about h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Small changes in the genome can sometimes have a huge impact, and researchers have found two that increase the risk of e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
There are several coronaviruses that we know about, and they cause a wide range of illnesses. Some, like SARS-CoV-2, are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2020
Microbiology
From year to year, the influenza virus mutates and swaps genes with other flu viruses, and we need a new vaccine. But th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
DNA, whose signature double helix structure scored Watson and Crick (and Frankland presumably according to many) a Nobel
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
People typically think of gender in binary terms, but in the natural world, there are many examples of sexual fluidity.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2020
Cancer
A first-of-its-kind study provides a comprehensive genomic study of cervical cancers in sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from Oxford University have shown that a single gene can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus (the bact
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon