Clinical genetics, from a patient’s standpoint, means that the professional team caring for a patient may be aware of a genetic possibility, and that they have the ability to apply it in diagnosing and in treatment. This is important and…
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“Sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite”, says the famous rhyme but anybody that has ever experienced an infestation of these creatures will know that it’s no laughing matter. Now, as many cities are starting to see a…
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“Smoke that cigarette and you might die faster than you think!” This is not some anti-smoking slogan trumped up to scare the tobacco users. It is in fact the findings published in Chemical Research in Toxicology, one of 38 peer-reviewed…
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Genetic mutations are a part of life. Without them, there would be no life, because when incipient forms of DNA copied themselves the resulting two copies would always have been exact replicas of each other. Therefore DNA would never have…
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Genetic engineering has become popular in the 21st century. Researchers and scientists have made it possible for the human race to witness amazing creations that have only been possible through the use of this technology. Genetic engineering is used to…
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Drosophila melanogaster, more commonly known as the fruit fly due to its common proximity to unripe or dying fruit, is commonplace in genetics courses and university labs around the globe. This small and prolific species has been a staple of…
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Genetic engineering or genetic modification is a relatively new branch of science. Bacteria were the first to be genetically modified in 1973, followed by mice in 1974. Genetic engineering has seen a fair share of controversies from people who believe…
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Without knowing precisely what genes were, working mostly alone with humble plants in a monastery garden, Gregor Mendel formulated his laws of inheritance. Essentially, he created the science of genetics. Mendel used thousands pea plants for his experiments, as he…
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Mammoths, the extinct pre-historic elephant like beasts, may live again if a scientist in Japan successfully clones the DNA of frozen mammoth cells. The reason why Dr. Akira Iritani, the scientist leading this project, thinks the cloning is possible is…
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Genetic engineering is a set of molecular biology techniques that aim at manipulating an organism’s DNA to achieve a particular aim. As Biology Online notes in its definition of the term, genetic engineering can be applied to a number of…
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