Dec. 9, 2024 — A research team has uncovered a molecular strategy employed by worm parasites (helminths) to evade host immune defenses. This discovery opens new avenues for the development of ...

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a unit of heredity which is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the information-carrying molecule found in all living organisms. In most animal, plant and fungal cells DNA is stored in the nucleus coiled up in thread-like ...

The course is an introduction to developmental biology and genetics - in plants, animals and other relevant groups of organisms. We will use concepts and principles from genetics and epigenetics to ...

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...

Resistance to diseases could be introduced into susceptible crops using genetic engineering. Not only can this protect the crop, it can also safeguard farmers' livelihoods. An example is ...

Genetics and Pathology, who has led the study. The study was conducted in collaboration with researchers from Switzerland and the Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden (CBCS).

Thirty years after the sequencing of the BRCA1 cancer-associated gene, access to genetic tests and awareness about its risks are still too limited.

23andMe, the struggling ancestry tracing company, continues to spiral, raising questions about its business prospects and what could happen to its sensitive customer genetic testing data.

Once brushed aside as a curiosity, extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) is now taking centrestage in the complex field of cancer biology. Scientists first discovered it as a small fragment of genetic ...

Our graduates in similar programmes are employed in organisations working within environmental monitoring and management, water quality management, animal welfare, academic research, the agri-food ...