Category: Genetics

When the spine or spinal cord do not form properly during human development, a disorder called spina bifida, or meningomyelocele arises. People born with this condition can have very different challenges; some…

There is plenty of evidence to show that smoking cigarettes increases the risk of cancer and other health problems, and that drinking alcohol also raises cancer risk. Now scientists have learned more about how…

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapies hold great…

Music holds a tremendous amount of meaning and significance, and is a central part of human culture and expression. People can make music with their voices, and the oldest instruments that have been found by…

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When a cell divides, the genome has to be duplicated, then the two copies separate, with one going to each daughter cell. But there have been whole genome duplication events in organisms in which both copies…

When a drug causes an unintended effect, that is an adverse drug reaction (ADR), and they can range from mild to severe. Sometimes, they may even have life-threatening impacts. In the US in 2022 alone, there…

During digestion, food moves through the intestines with the help of peristalsis, a wave-like motion that is performed by smooth muscles that contract and relax. Scientists have long known that nerves…

In pregnancy, the placenta is the link between mother and child, and this prenatal environment can have huge influences on the development of the fetus. Changes in the intrauterine environment have been…

Researchers at the University of California, Davis have generated a chromosome-scale reference genome for the most widely grown pistachio cultivar ‘Kerman.’