Your gut microbiome is having a moment. Have you heard of high-throughput sequencing? It’s a technique used in analyzing DNA. High-through sequencing is also called next-generation sequencing (NGS). It’s a modern laboratory technology that reads millions of DNA or RNA pieces at the same time. With NGS, scientists cut “large” DNA or RNA strands into tiny pieces, then add small pieces of what’s called “adapters” to end of each strand. Next, machines run billions of reactions at the exact...

Do you take for granted the information delivered every day via touch? You couldn’t button a shirt or tie shoelaces without touch. You couldn’t hold an egg gently or grip a pen to write. You couldn’t tell which side of the tape is sticky. You couldn’t tell if the stove was hot (until your nose smelled burning skin, that is) and you couldn’t sense a sharp edge or a splinter to avoid injury. How would you tap or scroll your smartphone without? Touchscreens depend on, yes, touch. And, if you...

It’s time to go spanning the globe for anatomy news and notes! Looking Closely “Anatomy is not only a set of facts to memorize. It is a tradition of observation, representation, teaching, revision, and ethical responsibility. Vesalius’s work reminds us that medical knowledge advances when people look closely, test assumptions, and communicate what they see in forms others can understand.” Oh wow, we love that quote from this article, “Anatomy Illustrated: Five Centuries of Seeing the...