Old Dominion University/Biology 294=Genetics/Spring 2021/Rinehart-Kim Book Project:  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot As a group you should meet to discuss the book and answer these questions.  Numbered questions have a somewhat objective answer.  Questions with a… Continue Reading →

Old Dominion University/BIOL294-Genetics/Rinehart-Kim/Romanov Project Internet Resources You may use other Internet sources here, but please cite any sources that you use unless they are one of the following. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004838 (You should be able to access the entire article.  You may… Continue Reading →

Virology Introduction Viruses have either a double stranded (DS) DNA, single stranded (SS) DNA, DS RNA, or SS RNA genome.  SS RNA viruses can be (+) with a 5’ to 3’ RNA genome, or (-) with a 3’ to 5’… Continue Reading →

Where Are We in Hunting for the Coronavirus’s Origin?: QuickTake was written by Jason Gale for the Washington Post just this year. He dives right in on the origin of the coronavirus that struck the world in late 2019 and… Continue Reading →

This article “Single-Dose Gene-Replacement Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy” studies the mutated gene encoding spinal muscular atrophy type 1 or SMA1 and the functional replacement of it. Fifteen infants where each given doses intravenously containing the SMN protein to see… Continue Reading →