Genetics & Genomics
Follow a comprehensive curation of novel and significant discoveries in the fields of genetics and genomics. Highlighted areas of interest in the fields of genetics and genomics include epigenetics, molecular genetics, hereditary disease, clinical genetics, population genetics, etc.
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NOV 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken a close look at the physiology of the octopus, creatures that are ancient and unique. Their arms c ... -
DEC 27, 2016Cancer
In a small fraction of cancer cases, doctors can’t trace the origin of the metastatic cancer because, mysteriously ...
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OCT 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Traumatic experiences can have a lasting impact, and kids that suffer through them can feel the effects for a lifetime. ...
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SEP 22, 2016Microbiology
As Siberia experiences warming temperatures and its ice melts, things are starting to emerge from what was once permafro ...
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MAR 24, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The brain is an organ that needs oxygen to survive, but it's been known that some brain cells can remain active afte ...
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JAN 25, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Animal research models are only as effective as their ability to simulate human disease. Depending on the conditio ...
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APR 01, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This work could help create cells that work as therapeutics for heart damage.
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JUN 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New work published in Molecular Psychiatry now reports an association of CNV and schizophrenia. In collaboration wi ...
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MAR 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In the four decades since Stanford's Gerald Reaven, MD, helped demonstrate that insulin resistance can lead to type 2 di ...
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AUG 15, 2016Neuroscience
Does size matter? Well, it depends, but in terms of the brain, it’s definitely a factor. A study directed by neuro ...
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OCT 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 ...
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MAR 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese ...
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MAY 24, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Since it was developed, researchers have modified and applied the CRISPR gene editing technology in many different ways.
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MAR 15, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells are packed full of organelles and molecules like proteins floating in a liquid known as cytoplasm. In recent years ...
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MAY 07, 2018Microbiology
West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne disease with no effective treatments and no vaccine. That may be changing.
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DEC 26, 2013Genetics & Genomics
While DNA forms the basis of life, it can also go astray, causing problems within the human body. One such variety of tr ...
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APR 25, 2018Cardiology
The same molecular pathway that is responsible for preventing adult heart cells from regenerating after being damaged - ...
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APR 08, 2015Neuroscience
A new study has thrown light on how people can become killers in certain situations, showing how brain activity varies a ...
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MAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ...
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MAR 05, 2023Microbiology
Estimates vary, but Streptococcus pyogenes infections may be responsible for the deaths of over 500,000 people every yea ...
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SEP 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized biomedical research, and has now even been used in the clinic is ...
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JUL 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 ...
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OCT 16, 2024eBooksIn a world pressing towards sustainability, the shift from traditional fossil-based plastics to biobased alternatives is ...
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MAY 09, 2018Microbiology
One study estimated that we share the planet with at least 320,000 microorganisms have the potential to infect mammals.
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JUL 09, 2019Cardiology
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) affects the body’s connective tissues. These tissues are proteins that provide suppor ...
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AUG 15, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Over the years, an increasing body of research has emerged looking at the genetic risk factors for alcoholism. Although ...
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JAN 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is a rare disorder that impacts around 400 people in the world. Many people have he ...
