Category: Genetics
New Treatment for Cystinosis a Rare Disease Changes Hair Color in Light Skinned Patients
In the search for a cure for cystinosis a rare genetic disease, scientists may have inadvertently discovered how to genetically change hair color. Melanin is the molecule responsible for …Genomic Inversions Are More Common in Genetic Diseases Study Shows
When an alteration occurs in a sequence of DNA, leading to a change in the message being carried by the gene, a mutation is said to have occurred. Some …
UK Researchers Discover a New Way to Increase Wheat Yield and Its Protein Content
Did you know that wheat is one of the world’s most consumed cereal grains? Just think about this; The bread you so much love to eat, those pancakes you …Researchers Finally Generate the First-Ever Complete Sequence of the Human Genome
Every person is comprised of a sequence of genetic data that is housed within the nucleus of the cells and encoded as Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that is geometrically folded …
Klinefelter Syndrome: Scientists Discover Genes behind Surplus X Chromosomes
Consisting of about 20,000 genes, each human cell is an organized industry capable of basic life processes. Information concerning the structure and functions of each human cell is contained …Researchers Reverse Hearing Loss by Regenerating Cochlear Hair Cells
There are organs in the body that can regenerate themselves. They include the skin, the liver, and the intestines. This regenerative ability makes it easy for the damaged part …
Genetic Mapping: The First Single-Nucleus Transcriptomic Atlas of the Fruit Fly Completed
One day, in 1910, Thomas Hunt Morgan, an American geneticist, while performing experiments on a particular species of flies made an astounding discovery that changed the trajectory of science …