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Sequencing
Sequencing: is the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence - the order of nucleotides in DNA. It includes any method or technology that is used to determine the order of the four bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
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FEB 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
There are some 1,900 locations in the human genome that produce microRNAs (miRNAs), the small and powerful non-coding mo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 12, 2015Microbiology
New Yorkers are a hardy group. They exist in a small bubble, crowded cheek by jowl with each other and yet they still th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have created a hyper-fast, super-scalable software that shortens from weeks to mere hours the time needed to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 09, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Health professionals have long known the effects of stress on the human body. Stress can cause cardiac problems, high bl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 20, 2015Health & Medicine
What are the key healthcare trends of 2014? Which ones might be a factor next year and in subsequent years?
A ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 09, 2015Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 05, 2015Immunology
While our immune system counts on the production of antibodies to spot and sap bacteria and viruses, it does not stockpi ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 29, 2014Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 24, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Premature ovarian failure, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), affects 1 percent of all women worldwide. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 08, 2014Technology
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have a new tool in their kit and the possibilities seem limitless for ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 10, 2014Genetics & Genomics
In a pilot project, cognitive computing system will ‘learn' and digest data, with the aim of increasing treatment option ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 16, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans always want to find a way to extend life just a little longer. By learning how people age, researchers are attemp ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 01, 2014Videos
Here's a good place to start. This video explains the genetic test known as exome sequencing for clinical patients.Written By: Robert WoodardSEP 11, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Would you like to be more like a lizard? Your first reaction would probably be to answer, "No." But, that could be a mis ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 22, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics has a large say in blood formation.
Blood stem cells have the potential to turn into any type of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2014Technology
. We want it to be anybody, and so there would have to be some way to translate the desired function into form."
Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 07, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that in the 1800's the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was the most numerous bird in the world, w ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 12, 2014Health & Medicine
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, acquired Cytocell, b ...JUN 06, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's getting there, but according to a study by researchers at Stanford, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) faces several hur ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAY 19, 2014Genetics & Genomics
After a decade-long effort a team of more than 140 scientists have deciphered the tsetse fly's (Glossina morsitans) geno ...Written By: Peter MicheliAPR 07, 2014Immunology
Workers on the Crossrail transportation project in London made a gruesome discovery last March-25 skeletons in a shaft 5 ...FEB 26, 2014Microbiology
We ask a lot of our teeth, and they are incredibly durable. Not only are they durable during our lifetime, they outlast ...FEB 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
There are some 1,900 locations in the human genome that produce microRNAs (miRNAs), the small and powerful non-coding mo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Neuroscience
Crucial DNA difference between humans and chimps boosts brain size in mice.
The size of the human brain expan ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 12, 2015Microbiology
New Yorkers are a hardy group. They exist in a small bubble, crowded cheek by jowl with each other and yet they still th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 11, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have created a hyper-fast, super-scalable software that shortens from weeks to mere hours the time needed to ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 09, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Health professionals have long known the effects of stress on the human body. Stress can cause cardiac problems, high bl ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 20, 2015Health & Medicine
What are the key healthcare trends of 2014? Which ones might be a factor next year and in subsequent years?
A ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 09, 2015Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 05, 2015Immunology
While our immune system counts on the production of antibodies to spot and sap bacteria and viruses, it does not stockpi ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 29, 2014Plants & Animals
When you think of research into human conditions, most people would not consider fish to be good test subjects. They don ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 24, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Premature ovarian failure, also known as primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), affects 1 percent of all women worldwide. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 08, 2014Technology
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have a new tool in their kit and the possibilities seem limitless for ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 10, 2014Genetics & Genomics
In a pilot project, cognitive computing system will ‘learn' and digest data, with the aim of increasing treatment option ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 16, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans always want to find a way to extend life just a little longer. By learning how people age, researchers are attemp ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderOCT 01, 2014Videos
Here's a good place to start. This video explains the genetic test known as exome sequencing for clinical patients.Written By: Robert WoodardSEP 11, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Would you like to be more like a lizard? Your first reaction would probably be to answer, "No." But, that could be a mis ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 22, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetics has a large say in blood formation.
Blood stem cells have the potential to turn into any type of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 19, 2014Technology
. We want it to be anybody, and so there would have to be some way to translate the desired function into form."
Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 07, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that in the 1800's the passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was the most numerous bird in the world, w ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 12, 2014Health & Medicine
Oxford Gene Technology (OGT), The Molecular Genetics Company, based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, acquired Cytocell, b ...JUN 06, 2014Genetics & Genomics
It's getting there, but according to a study by researchers at Stanford, whole-genome sequencing (WGS) faces several hur ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAY 19, 2014Genetics & Genomics
After a decade-long effort a team of more than 140 scientists have deciphered the tsetse fly's (Glossina morsitans) geno ...Written By: Peter MicheliAPR 07, 2014Immunology
Workers on the Crossrail transportation project in London made a gruesome discovery last March-25 skeletons in a shaft 5 ...FEB 26, 2014Microbiology
We ask a lot of our teeth, and they are incredibly durable. Not only are they durable during our lifetime, they outlast ...
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