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What are the gut microbiota and gut microbiome? The human gastrointestinal tract (gut) is populated by an enormously heterogeneous and different group of microorganisms (up of trillions of cells and...Read More

When it comes to infectious disease, few evoke revulsion like parasites and particularly parasitic worms known as “helminths.”  We’ve all winced after reading about the life cycle of the American...Read More

The UK Biobank project is an open source large scale epidemiological project aimed at prospectively collecting data on large number of phenotypes and genotypes across large number of individuals (1)....Read More

While the more affluent societies of the West continue to debate the specter of genetically engineered babies, dozens of researchers around the world are using epigenetics to zero in on...Read More

Education and health Each of us has a different learning and recall ability and the chances of a person with good cognitive performance doing well academically are extremely high. There...Read More

  What is DNA testing? Most of us know the term ‘DNA testing’, also known as genetic sequencing, from its use in crime solving and in paternity disputes (1). However,...Read More

Identity testing has come a long way since the early days and is something that has brought about innovations across a variety of different sectors. The ability to identify and...Read More

What is Multiple Myeloma? Multiple myeloma is a treatable but incurable cancer of the blood in which certain immune cells (known as plasma cells) accumulate in the bone marrow, which...Read More

It is a major understatement to say that cell replication is a complex activity. Generation of a new cell really is like “starting over,” but this beginning is a bootstrap...Read More

What is Gilbert’s Syndrome? Gilbert’s syndrome, also known as familial nonhemolytic jaundice or hyperbilirubinemia 1, is a common, benign genetic hepatic dysfunction that occurs when the liver does not process...Read More

What is celiac disease? Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease (a failure of the body's immune system that induces the body to attack its own tissues) in which gluten activates...Read More

What is the function of sugar in DNA? DNA is one of the integral building blocks of life. It's what makes you who you are on the most fundamental level....Read More

In the past few decades, DNA testing through DNA samples has grown tremendously with technological and medical advancements.  DNA is commonly found on items that are physically touched such as...Read More

We all know that information is passed down from one generation to the next through genes. But what about another type of non-gene change in your DNA, called epigenetics? Literally...Read More

We use so many words to describe our backgrounds. We talk about heritage, ancestry, race, and ethnicity. Most of us use these words interchangeably, but they don’t mean the same...Read More