Anthrax is the name of the disease caused by anthrax bacteria, though the correct name for the bacterium is Bacillus anthracis. There’s more on …
Continue ReadingGenome transplantation is the transfer of a complete set of an organism’s nuclear DNA - its genome - into another organism of the same or …
Continue ReadingSyndactyly is the fusing together of two or more digits and it occurs in isolated form or as one aspect of a range of conditions. Where the genetics …
Continue ReadingApert syndrome is a rare genetic disorder involving malformations of the skull, face, hands and feet. It is caused by mutations on chromosome 10. …
Continue ReadingMitochondrial diseases are caused by inherited or acquired mutations in mitochondrial DNA or by mutations in nuclear DNA that code for mitochondrial …
Continue ReadingFoot odor can clear a room in seconds. The overwhelming stench that can wilt a flower from ten paces is caused by amongst other things poor personal …
Continue ReadingDid you know that proteins are nanoparticles? Or, that proteins have levels of increasing complexity in structure? Find out more about these and many …
Continue ReadingIt was JBS Haldane, one of the founders of modern genetics who speculated in 1935 that we would each have 150 new genetic mutations in our DNA. It …
Continue ReadingDue to the common ancestry of all species, many diseases, (especially genetic) found in humans can be found in other organisms. For example, Cushing’s …
Continue ReadingA look at the life and work of the genetics researcher Charlotte Auerbach. She was a remarkable woman and the first scientist to look into the effects …
Continue ReadingHIV has been the focus of intense biological research for quite some time now. HIV, the agent that causes AIDS has successfully eluded our drugs and …
Continue ReadingThe development of DNA fingerprinting and its use in the courts has helped us all feel a lot more secure about the justice of criminal trials. But …
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