Student Post: Brain Genes molecular Sleep sleeploss tired
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The damages of Sleep Loss
Roughly 30 million Americans are “just trying to catch up on their sleep.” 20% of Americans report that they get less than 6 hours of sleep on average. This nation-wide sleep loss is “taking a toll on our physical and emotional health, and on our nation’s highways.” Sleep loss leads to a variety of inconvenient issues. According [...]
Student Post: engineered food Genes genetic engineering genetically modified food genetics
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Genetically Modified Food? Now You Can Know For Sure.
Whole Foods Market has officially become the first grocery store to require the labeling of all genetically modified foods. In an article published by The New York Times, on Friday, March 8th, Whole Foods Market announced that they will be labeling all genetically enhanced food products. According to Whole Foods president A. C. Gallo, the [...]
Student Post: 000 genome project 1 Cancer diabetes Disease Earth Genes Genome rare variants
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Genome Project Helps Connect Ethnicity to Diseases
Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have started the “1,000 Genomes Project” in which they will decode the genomes of 1,000 people from all over the world in hopes of finding genetic roots of both rare and common diseases worldwide. On October 31st, the results of DNA variations on people [...]
Student Post: Blond Blonde Genes Hair Islands Solomon
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Blondes Unite!
Despite the ‘dumb blonde’ jokes, and Danish or Dutch teases, I have enjoyed being blonde haired. As far as hair colors go, I think being blonde is perfectly suitable. However, there are certain preconceptions about hair color and race that people have. One being that people of certain ethnicities and races cannot have naturally blonde [...]
Sweet Genes Not So Sweet
Do you enjoy eating foods that taste sweet? Do you also like to eat meat? Well, what would you do if you ate so much meat that your genes responsible for detecting the sweet taste suddenly stopped? Would you be upset? I certainly would be. Thankfully, humans do not have to worry about this problem [...]
Student Post: Alzheimer's Autism Blank Slate Theory DNA Methylation Epigenetics Genes genetics Heredity Identical Inheritance Monozygotic Nature vs. Nurture Tabula Rasa The Jim Twins Twins
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Identical but Not the Same
After studying genetically inherited traits and diseases it could be easy to assume that genes determine everything about us. While it is true that colorblindness is a sex-linked trait – there is certainly more to the story. Monozygotic “identical” twins are genetically identical, so they should be the same in all ways shouldn’t they? [...]
Student Post: Genes genetic engineering genetic variation quarter horses
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Quarter Horse? More like Million Dollar Horse! But is it all worth it?
According to the article, “How the Quarter Horse won the Rodeo” , quarter horses are known for their superior speed, agility, and tranquility. Why are these horses so superior? According to BioMed Central’s open access journal, BMC Genomics, used sequencing to map variation in the genome of the quarter horse male. The sequencing revealed that the quarter [...]
Secrets (almost) Revealed about the Evolution of Plants
Now that we are studying plants in class, and learning about different adaptations and some of the evolution of plants I thought this study would be interesting to look at. The sequencing of the genome of a plant known as spikemoss, may give scientists a better understanding of how all kinds of plants evolved over [...]
Human Health in the Hands of a Naked Mole Rat?
What do you think of when you see a naked mole rat? Do you think it is hideous because it has no fur? Do you think you would want to pet it? Whatever you think about this animal, you would never expect that it could improve human health. Who knew they [...]
Always Sick? It may not be your fault
I feel like I get sick more than most of my friends. I always come up with excuses as to why I am sick like: “I must have caught it from my sister”, “I’m just really stressed” or “my lack of sleep lowers my immune systems ability to fight off infection.” But now I have [...]
