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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicted that this year’s flu will be the worst in almost 10 years.
Trisomy 21, also known as Down syndrome, is one of the most well-known forms of genetic conditions. The incidence of trisomy 21 is one in 700 live births.
On Jan. 24 earlier this year, a paper published in the journal Cell described the successful cloning of two macaque monkeys at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai.
From science-fiction movies to Area 51 myths, it is very apparent that modern society holds a deep interest in what lies beyond the limits of the earth — more specifically, the possibility of life on other planets.
Scientists at the University of New South Wales have found that using climate engineering to modify the surface of the land in crowded urban areas and in areas of agricultural growth in North America, Asia and Europe has yielded promising results, reducing extreme temperatures by two to three degrees Celsius (about four to five degrees Fahrenheit).
Cryptocurrency is a popular term that has recently received much publicity. As its name suggests, cryptocurrency is related to cryptography, the art of solving codes.
Cancer. Even the word strikes fear in people. Cancer in its many forms occurred in nearly 1.7 million people and killed nearly 600,000 in the United States in 2016, according to the National Cancer Institute. Part of the reason cancer is so deadly is it is extremely difficult to diagnose.
Imagine the thousands of enzymes that are required to maintain a healthy and functional human body. It might be surprising to find that some of these enzymes are so evolutionarily significant that they are present in almost every animal species on Earth. One of these ubiquitous enzymes is known as RNA Polymerase III (RNA Pol III), which is indispensable for regulating the production of proteins.
Researchers at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, Calif. have discovered a new way to make induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) by manipulating the genome of skin cells using CRISPR techniques.
Bloomberg professor claims universe is expanding faster than expected
Like flying cars and underwater cities, tampering with DNA once seemed to be an impossible feat that existed only in futuristic tales.
As college students, Hopkins students know all too well how dreadful — and how easy — it is to contract some sort of virus, one that will keep you up all night coughing your lungs out or force your runny nose through two full boxes of tissues a day. The constant sleep deprivation and nutrition-deficient meals definitely do not help. Getting sick in college is the worst.
In the last few decades, medicine has become increasingly tailored toward a patients’ specific needs; personalized medicine is quickly taking over the old practice of universal treatments for an ailment. The Computational Cardiology Laboratory at Hopkins, headed by Natalia Trayanova, sits right in the niche of this new, vast world of personalized medicine.
In the 1800s, fishermen were mystified by the sight of bowhead whales scraping their heads against rocks. In the present day, drone footage has lent credence to a particular theory as to why. According to marine scientist Sarah Fortune, the whales are engaging in skin care.
But if you’re willing to set aside your likely partisan position on the bill, I think we can agree that the new burdens this bill puts on graduate students in particular will adversely affect their work, and in the case of STEM students, their scientific research.
For centuries, humans have pondered the question of how life originated on Earth. Several theories have been developed that range from religious doctrines to scientific observations. Some propose that lightning provided the spark of life, while others suggest that life was brought from elsewhere in space.
Geological investigations can often speak volumes to scientists who are studying the impacts of climate change.
Let me start by saying, I had no idea either. I always thought of myself as a DNA person; I imagined studying genomes, mapping them out, discovering proteins like CRISPR-cas9.
When Thomas Edison made the first demonstration of an incandescent light bulb in 1879, the world was amazed by the idea of cheap, electrical illumination.