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Hardy-Weinberg Explained: The Genetics Behind Evolutionary Stability

All populations, including humans, are constantly evolving, with gene variations, a.k.a. alleles, shifting over time.

Life in Layers: Biological Organization from Biosphere to Cells

Discover the intricate web of life! From cells to the biosphere, explore how every level of biological organization is interconnected.

Blueprints of Life: The Power of Biological Structure and Function

Discover the fascinating relationship between structure and function in both living and non-living things.

Translation: From Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) to Protein

The central dogma outlines how the cell's information is transferred from the instruction manual of DNA, to the intermediary messenger RNA,

Molecules of the Cell: Life's Building Blocks

Zoom into the microscopic world of the cell and learn what we are made of and where we get the energy to perform our daily functions

Evolution: Explaining the diversity of life on earth

Learn about evolution and factors that drive micro-evolution!

What is a knockout mouse?

Learn how scientists use mouse models to understand how our genes contribute to biology and disease.

Coiled - What is Chromatin?

Discover the clever tricks our cells use to package all of our genetic information into a cell’s nucleus.

What is RNA Splicing? Separating the Signal From the Noise

Find out what is RNA splicing, and how our body can separate the signal from the noise to ensure our cells can function properly

RNAi: What is RNA Interference?

Learn about this fascinating genetic process that is a useful research tool in medicine!

Data Overload! Making Sense of Genome Sequencing with Bioinformatics

Learn how bioinformatics can help us better understand our genes! From sequencing to bioinformatic analysis, we cover all of the basics!

Organelles of the Cell

Explore the different parts of the cell that allow our bodies to function so seamlessly!

How the 3D organization of DNA controls cell identity

The 3D organization of the genome may control cell identity. Discover the experiments that led to this intriguing hypothesis!

A Map to Guide You Through Your Genes

Explore the discovery of gene linkage which has led to the development of the ultimate high resolution map of the human genome

Keeping Track of Your DNA

Take a tour of your DNA with us to understand what these terms mean and how they fit together!

Retroviruses: Transcription in Reverse!

Take a trip back in time to make this fundamental discovery alongside the scientists!

Cancer Immunotherapy - Explaining the science behind the revolution

Learn how a T cell is able to recognize the difference between our own healthy tissues and foreign things that need to be destroyed

How 3 Scientists Found that DNA is the Molecule of Heredity – Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty

This fundamental discovery formed the basis for biology as we know it, and all that has come from it. Learn more!

The Hershey and Chase Experiment | Discovery of DNA as the genetic material

Watch the elegant, yet simple experiment Dr. Hershey and Dr. Chase used back in 1952 to lay the foundation for modern day genetics

Explaining Telomere Biology Disorders

Learn what telomeres are, what they are for and what can happen to our body when they're abnormally short

Bugs as Drugs

Learn how bacteria may be a next generation medicine

What is PIGA-CDG?

Learn more about the function of PIGA—a rare and potentially devastating metabolic disorder—in the human body

Sexual vs. asexual reproduction: How and why they evolved?

Learn how and why sexual and asexual reproduction have evolved and how they have contributed to the genetic diversity we see today!

What is the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?

Learn all about the concept of combining Darwinian evolution and Mendelian genetics to study populations using fun practical examples!

3D Packaging of DNA Regulates Cell Identity

The fundamental mechanisms governing how cells form an identity such as becoming a muscle cell or a nerve cell are not fully understood

Lou Gehrig’s Disease/ALS: Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research

Find out how scientists are attempting to use stem cells as trojan horses to repair the injured motor neurons and produce healthy new ones!

Unraveling the Evolution of Multicellularity

A fun description of the article about the origin of animal multicellularity

Designing a Potential Treatment for PMM2-CDG

PMM2-CDG is a rare but devastating disease that affects almost every part of the body. Learn more about the disease in this video

Sickle Cell Disease: Progress and Promise of Stem Research

Learn how stem cell research is leading to groundbreaking advances in sickle cell disease

Cut and Paste: Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Nusinersen

In order to make protein, the gibberish portions of RNA are removed to create a coherent message. This is called RNA splicing

Is Aging in Our Genes?

Learn about pioneering research performed by the biologist Cynthia Kenyon, who hypothesized that genes could control the rate of aging

Cut and Paste: Explaining RNA Splicing

RNA splicing is responsible for the creation of the wide array of proteins we produce from a limited set of genes. Learn more!

How We Evolved From Single Cell Organisms

Learn about a new hypothesis for how we as humans evolved from single cell organisms

CRISPR: A DNA Word Processor for Editing the Genome

Learn how scientists made a major breakthrough & discovered a way to utilize it to create a new technique to change the DNA sequence

Engineering New Treatments for Diabetes

Learn how scientists have engineered new beta cells using what we know about normal development to replace missing cells that cause diabetes

What are the RASopathies?

Find out what the RASopathies are and how research for these rare diseases could help cancer patients!

Breast Cancer: Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research

Learn how stem cell research is leading to groudbreaking advances in cancer research

What is PMM2-CDG?

Learn about the underlying biology of PMM2-CDG, what treatment options are available, how you can make a difference

HIV: Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research

What is the newest research being pursued to treat HIV? Learn about a new technology being tested to make immune cells HIV resistant

Right on Target: Precision Medicine to Treat Rare Tumors

Learn how scientists have used precision medicine—the practice of using a cancer cell's DNA to guide therapy—to treat rare brain tumors

The Science-Policy Cycle: Managing the threat of antibiotic resistance

In this video, we use the example of antibiotic resistance to learn how science can inform policy and guide future treatments

Discover the Cell's Radar: How Cells Sense Their Environment

Learn about the experiments that led to the Nobel Prize winning discovery of LDL receptors & the mechanism of receptor-mediated endocytosis

Explaining Ebola: The Science Behind the Outbreak

How does the Ebola virus infect humans? Why do certain patients survive and others don’t? Find the answers to these questions and more here

The Key to Chromosome Immortality: The Discovery of Telomerase

Learn about the experiment that demonstrated the existence of a distinct enzyme, later named telomerase

What is MLD? Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Explained to All

Learn about the different subtypes of MLD, the biology underlying the disease, and it's current & potential treatments

Keeping Score: A New Way to Identify Winners and Losers in Tumor Genetics

Did you know that cancer cells choose to improperly repair their DNA when it is damaged? But WHY?

The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology: Meselson & Stahl, The Semiconservative Replication of DNA

In this video, we describe the experiments that lead to this discovery and why understanding how DNA replicates is so important.

The Cat who Broke His Sweet Tooth: Exploring Taste Receptors in Humans and Cats

Learn what cats and dolphins have in common that makes them fundamentally different from humans when it comes to taste and food preferences

Our Genome in a Circle

Learn a new way of visualizing complex genetic patterns using Circos.

What is ALD? Adrenoleukodystrophy Explained

Learn the biology underlying the disease and what potential treatments may come from ALD research

Signed, Sealed, Resected: Discovering the Clues about Colorectal Cancer

Scientists have looked at the tumor DNA to discover clues that can predict the likelihood of colorectal cancer relapse after surgery

Shedding Light on Dark Matter: What Explains 74% of Skin Cancers

Scientists are uncovering what is hidden in 99% of our DNA. Turns out this new information may redefine how we think of cancer development

Pay Attention to the Passenger: A New Theraputic Target in Cancer Cell DNA

Cancer is complex and so is our DNA. So when it comes to genetic mutations driving cancer, the story is even more sophisticated.

He's got His Mother's Eyes and His Father's Mutations: An Important Source of Genetic Variation

This video reveals new insights into the origin of our genetic variation

Stopping the Clock

What if we could stop or reverse aging? Scientists are discovering new ways to apply gene therapy to the question of longevity

Genetics

Genetics

Videos

Hardy-Weinberg Explained: The Genetics Behind Evolutionary Stability

Life in Layers: Biological Organization from Biosphere to Cells

Blueprints of Life: The Power of Biological Structure and Function

Translation: From Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) to Protein

Molecules of the Cell: Life's Building Blocks

Evolution: Explaining the diversity of life on earth

What is a knockout mouse?

Coiled - What is Chromatin?

What is RNA Splicing? Separating the Signal From the Noise

RNAi: What is RNA Interference?

Data Overload! Making Sense of Genome Sequencing with Bioinformatics

Organelles of the Cell

How the 3D organization of DNA controls cell identity

A Map to Guide You Through Your Genes

Keeping Track of Your DNA

Retroviruses: Transcription in Reverse!

Cancer Immunotherapy - Explaining the science behind the revolution

How 3 Scientists Found that DNA is the Molecule of Heredity – Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty

The Hershey and Chase Experiment | Discovery of DNA as the genetic material

Explaining Telomere Biology Disorders

Bugs as Drugs

What is PIGA-CDG?

Sexual vs. asexual reproduction: How and why they evolved?

What is the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?

3D Packaging of DNA Regulates Cell Identity

Lou Gehrig’s Disease/ALS: Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research

Unraveling the Evolution of Multicellularity

Designing a Potential Treatment for PMM2-CDG

Sickle Cell Disease: Progress and Promise of Stem Research

Cut and Paste: Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Nusinersen

Is Aging in Our Genes?

Cut and Paste: Explaining RNA Splicing

How We Evolved From Single Cell Organisms

CRISPR: A DNA Word Processor for Editing the Genome

Engineering New Treatments for Diabetes

What are the RASopathies?

Breast Cancer: Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research

What is PMM2-CDG?

HIV: Progress and Promise of Stem Cell Research

Right on Target: Precision Medicine to Treat Rare Tumors

The Science-Policy Cycle: Managing the threat of antibiotic resistance

Discover the Cell's Radar: How Cells Sense Their Environment

Explaining Ebola: The Science Behind the Outbreak

The Key to Chromosome Immortality: The Discovery of Telomerase

What is MLD? Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Explained to All

Keeping Score: A New Way to Identify Winners and Losers in Tumor Genetics

The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology: Meselson & Stahl, The Semiconservative Replication of DNA

The Cat who Broke His Sweet Tooth: Exploring Taste Receptors in Humans and Cats

Our Genome in a Circle

What is ALD? Adrenoleukodystrophy Explained

Signed, Sealed, Resected: Discovering the Clues about Colorectal Cancer

Shedding Light on Dark Matter: What Explains 74% of Skin Cancers

Pay Attention to the Passenger: A New Theraputic Target in Cancer Cell DNA

He's got His Mother's Eyes and His Father's Mutations: An Important Source of Genetic Variation

Stopping the Clock

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