The details of your fingerprints are influenced by many other factors besides genes.
Hidden by a pleasant scent: The health consequences of flavor in e-cigarettes
Flavorings long used to make tobacco products and e-cigarettes palatable — and particularly alluring to children — may also actually harm tissue.
Spider Glue’s Sticky Secret Revealed By New Genetic Research
Using new technology, a UMBC researcher and her colleague have been able to sequence the first full genetic sequences that code for spider glue proteins.
Benyam Kinde ’10, Biological Sciences, Named Gilliam Fellow
Benyam Kinde ’10, biological sciences, is one of 10 students in 2011 to be named a Gilliam Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Kinde, who was UMBC’s 2010 valedictorian and a...
Eight UMBC Graduates Make Baltimore List of Top Doctors
To come up with this year’s list of the city’s top doctors, Baltimore magazine asked 5,500 physicians who they would choose to send their family members to see in...