Kim Finkelstein recently asked her mother for help with her biology homework. It wasn’t to be. “She said they didn’t have DNA [studies] in school, and she couldn’t help me,” lamented the freshman at ...

The interdisciplinary, research-oriented Molecular & Cell Biology & Genetics program offers both MS and PhD degrees. The program provides a broad education-training program for graduate students ...

The Amgen Foundation has announced a three-year, $3 million grant to develop comprehensive biology lessons at the Khan Academy — a nonprofit dedicated to providing free online education. With the ...

For decades, high school teachers used Gregor Mendel and his pea plants to teach kids in ninth grade on up the fundamentals of genetics. Today’s kids don’t care beans about those peas. They want to ...

The genetic architecture of common diseases is central to the scientific and clinical goals of human genetics because it directly impacts biology, disease screening, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment ...

How long does it take? This 120 credit program is designed to be completed in four years. The Biology B.S. provides students with a solid background in natural science, the option to specialize in ...

The year 1905 was an annus mirabilis, or miracle year—A rare historical moment in which key flashes of insight suddenly made the field of physics take off in new directions. That was the year Albert ...

That is not the story’s end: Dr. Sharp co-founded Biogen, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, and Magen Biosciences – firms that develop drugs for diseases like multiple sclerosis. As an entrepreneur, he ...