Tag: genes

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…

Genetic Data From 800,000 Year Old Tooth Changes Our Understanding of Human Evolution

We know that humans and chimpanzees separated from each other evolutionarily about 7-9 million years ago. A lot of time has gone by between now and then and…

The First Gene Editing Tool that can be used on Viruses

The CRISPR gene editing tool has revolutionized not only the study of genetics and genomics, but the wider field of microbiology as well. Groundbreaking work is continually being…

New DNA Cutting Method Revolutionizes the Study of Genes

Researchers at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University have successfully created a new and revolutionary method to collect and study gene samples. They accomplished this…

Uncovering the Secrets to Making Genes from Scratch

Researchers at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin and the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh have recently uncovered secrets about De novo…

The Mighty Salamander’s Mysterious Powers of Regeneration Revealed

The salamander is the only known vertebrate to regenerate all of its limbs as an adult. The Axolotl is a kind of salamander that can regenerate any limb…