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Population Genetics
Population genetics is the branch of genetics or sub-area of biology which is concerned with the hereditary makeup of populations. It also observes genetic variation within and between populations.
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MAY 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Michigan State University are developing a system to read the genome like normal people read a book. Lik ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 09, 2016Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Currently 1 in 3 senior citizens (ov ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 28, 2016Genetics & Genomics
A genetic variation has evolved in populations that have eaten a plant-based diet over hundreds of generations, such as ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 23, 2016Genetics & Genomics
For decades, linguists have questioned the origin of Yiddish, the millennium-old language of Ashkenazic Jews. Now, the G ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mosquitos and Zika have dominated the headlines in the last several months. But in the midst of Zika, other mosquito-bor ...APR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 15, 2016Cancer
Good gut bacteria can promote a healthy immune system, which in turn, could reduce the risks for some types of cancers, ...APR 12, 2016Cardiology
There is still no evidence of genetic difference between blacks and whites to account for the health disparities in card ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 11, 2016Health & Medicine
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is directly related to a misdirected immune response to gluten, a protein ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 04, 2016Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 02, 2016Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off, ...MAR 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 28, 2016Videos
Over the course of history, marrying within families was not an unusual practice, especially in families of royalty desc ...MAR 25, 2016Neuroscience
Through whole-genome sequencing of hundreds of participants from families with children affected by autism spectrum diso ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 25, 2016Cancer
Using specialized bubbles to deliver an anti-cancer drug, scientists at the University of Georgia (UGA) effectively redu ...MAR 23, 2016Cardiology
To reduce risk of heart attack, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle are clear. But genetics can still stack the deck. A ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
With an enhanced form of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, scientists were able to read the genome of induced pluripotent stem cel ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 03, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a new, less expensive, and faster method to determine the DNA sequence of the male-specific Y ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 29, 2016Immunology
Scientists have discovered a way to make a nasal spray flu vaccine safer for those who are at greatest risk of catching ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 25, 2016Genetics & Genomics
In the middle of the 19th century, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which contains his theory of evolu ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 15, 2016Immunology
The mucosal lining of places in the body like the lungs and intestines is the first line of defense against pathogens th ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 19, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Amazonian Heliconius butterflies have a distinctive coloring, known as the “dennis red patch” and the &ldquo ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from Michigan State University are developing a system to read the genome like normal people read a book. Lik
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 09, 2016
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Currently 1 in 3 senior citizens (ov
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 28, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
A genetic variation has evolved in populations that have eaten a plant-based diet over hundreds of generations, such as
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 23, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
For decades, linguists have questioned the origin of Yiddish, the millennium-old language of Ashkenazic Jews. Now, the G
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mosquitos and Zika have dominated the headlines in the last several months. But in the midst of Zika, other mosquito-bor
...
APR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Some cancer patients receiving a specific chemotherapy increases their risk for heart disease, discouraging prognosis fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 15, 2016
Cancer
Good gut bacteria can promote a healthy immune system, which in turn, could reduce the risks for some types of cancers,
...
APR 12, 2016
Cardiology
There is still no evidence of genetic difference between blacks and whites to account for the health disparities in card
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 11, 2016
Health & Medicine
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder that is directly related to a misdirected immune response to gluten, a protein
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 02, 2016
Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off,
...
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 28, 2016
Videos
Over the course of history, marrying within families was not an unusual practice, especially in families of royalty desc
...
MAR 25, 2016
Neuroscience
Through whole-genome sequencing of hundreds of participants from families with children affected by autism spectrum diso
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 25, 2016
Cancer
Using specialized bubbles to deliver an anti-cancer drug, scientists at the University of Georgia (UGA) effectively redu
...
MAR 23, 2016
Cardiology
To reduce risk of heart attack, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle are clear. But genetics can still stack the deck. A
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
With an enhanced form of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, scientists were able to read the genome of induced pluripotent stem cel
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 03, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have developed a new, less expensive, and faster method to determine the DNA sequence of the male-specific Y
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 29, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have discovered a way to make a nasal spray flu vaccine safer for those who are at greatest risk of catching
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 25, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
In the middle of the 19th century, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which contains his theory of evolu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 15, 2016
Immunology
The mucosal lining of places in the body like the lungs and intestines is the first line of defense against pathogens th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 19, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Amazonian Heliconius butterflies have a distinctive coloring, known as the “dennis red patch” and the &ldquo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker