Genetics

Foods that contain GMOs have more pros rather than cons and that's why they have more positive impacts rather than negative ones. Some examples being the price of things, quality of food and how GMOs …

I am writing this letter to inform you that, based on your child's Karyotype, we have discovered that she will be born with a genetic disorder known as Turner's syndrome. A disorder like this is not …

The "father of genetics";Gregor Mendel, was born in 1822 and died in 1884. He was, and still is, considered the father of genetics because he discovered the basics of genetic inheritance. Examples of …

What is Holoprosencephaly? Holoprosencephaly is a disorder that appears when the embryonic forebrain doesn't divide into the two lobes of the cerebral hemispheres ("Holoprosencephaly Information Page"…

Imagine a world free of cancer, free of birth defects, and one where people don't have to worry about miscarriages. This is a world with designer babies, and CRISPR. If used correctly, it can be made …

Eugenics is the idea that only humans with desirable traits should have offspring with the ultimate goal being the full control of the genetic traits in humans. These improvements could be strength, a…

In biology, a mutation changes a DNA sequence, and a gene mutation is a change in one or more genes. Alterations in the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal D…

My pets have made plenty of fun memories like one time, my dog realized he had tape on his back and he couldn't remove it. I didn't know until recently but you could actually clone your animal! Someth…

Altruism is a trait in organisms that have puzzled scientists for decades. Yakubu (2014) has challenged traditional thinking and offered a new perspective on the paradox. The main objective of the art…

There is an estimation of about 8 million children that are born with genetic disorders or birth defects. If you have a bad gene from both parents, then a genetic disease forms. Using nanoparticles ca…