Category: Genetics in a nutshell
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How to make cancer dead in the body? Blood holds the key
by Marta Koblańska, 27.08.2025, 16:47 Poland’s time. Photo: CTC in cancer, Circulating tumor cells in the metastatic cascade (spreading fast), Cancer Cell Circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream may be crucial for therapies and preventing new metastases in the body. However, success depends on their molecular structure. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are utilized to assess…
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Science-confirmed reason to welcome guests
By Marta Koblańska, August 22, 2025, 12:20 Poland’s time, photo: DNA’s clash, Placidplace, Pixabay The risk for a population to become extinct increases along with extended and intensified inbreeding, American scientists claim. Simultaneously, genetic diversity may be taken as an advantage. In ancient Egypt, inbreeding was seen as a method to preserve the population’s exceptional…
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Is male or female a weak sex?
by Marta Koblańska, July 26, 18:10, Photo: DNA, author TyliJura, Pixabay The relationship between the male sex code and the female body is unclear. However, a virtual degradation leads to a selective advantage, though this may be misleading, according to a study conducted by Austrian scientists. Sex determinants, namely the X and Y chromosomes, emerge…
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Rzeczywiste i iluzoryczne kontrowersje wokół ciąży
Zdjęcie: Zapłodnienie. Licencja TBIT, Pixabay Im cięższa jest wada genetyczna zarodka i późniejszego płodu, tym szybciej jest on eliminowany z organizmu kobiety. Lżejsze wady z reguły pozwalają na donoszenie ciąży, choć nie oznacza to, że dziecko przeżyje po urodzeniu – mówią eksperci z zakresu ginekologii i położnictwa oraz neonatologii. Organizm ludzki powstaje stopniowo, po połączeniu…
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Why are genes less similar better for studying diseases?
Photo: Baboon, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Pixabay Baboons show greater resilience to diseases despite their diverse genome, whereas humans, with a singular set of chromosomes, exhibit increased susceptibility – according to a new study published in ,,Cell Genomics”. Genetic variations differ in humans as a whole body or within the body in certain tissues. Genetic variation, simplifying, is the number of chromosomal…