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Better When We Work Together! An Assay Combining the Knowledge of Genetic Testing and Clinical Diagnosis Offers Promising Improvements in Diagnosing FMF

Have you ever heard of diseases that cause problems with the immune system? They’re called autoinflammatory diseases, and they cause cells that are supposed to protect the body…

Climate Change Threatens U.S. Bird Migrations

After 24 years of data collection, a recently published study concludes climate change is affecting nocturnal bird migrations with serious potential consequences for bird populations. According to the…

Can Thickening the Atmosphere Reduce the Effects of Climate Change?

It’s a race against time when it comes to climate change.  Global warming is directly related to the increase in power, or magnitude, of natural disasters around the…

New Genetic Discovery Explains Why COVID-19 Effects Certain People More Than Others

In a new computational study by the Dutch publishing and analytics company Elsevier, analysts made use of computerized models and international COVID-19 data to determine that there is…

Habitat Restoration Works…But How Can We Bring Back Native Species?

Habitat restoration efforts have begun to take place across the globe as the need to conserve environments and their endemic species becomes increasingly clear, and increasingly dire.  Efforts…

Why are our fish getting smaller?

So why are our fish getting smaller? A recent study by biologists from the University of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources found that freshwater fish may…

Vaccinate me, PLEASE! Studies suggest only a single HPV vaccination is needed to protect you from cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer and cancer death across the globe, particularly in countries with low human-development index. There were over 500,000 new cases of…

How We Farm Matters

It may seem obvious that agriculture can have a big impact on the landscape and the composition of animal communities that live there, but it turns out that…

Is RRD a Genetic Condition?

When diagnosed with a disease or disorder, one of the first questions patients want answered is “How did I get it?”. There are many factors that may contribute…

The Most Innovative Species on Earth: Cancer

Cancer is a word that most of society fears. The reason being that cancer is extremely smart and innovative, but this means that in order to beat cancer,…