We can trace our human evolutionary lineage back to fish.
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FTD leads to changes in personality and behavior. Understanding its genetic and molecular causes could lead to new ways to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
Kate Legge’s husband was chronically unfaithful. So was his father, who was forced to leave the family home after revealing his mother’s affair. Legge reflects on generational love and infidelity.
Medicine works better when the treatments are tailored to fit each individual person’s biology and history. A first step is increasing diversity in clinical trials, but the end goal is precision medicine.
An estimated 1-5% of people globally suffer from avoidant restrictive food intake disorder.
When species naturally hybridise, the influx of genes can reduce their risk of extinction as climate change shrinks their habitats.
The immortal jellyfish ‘Turritopsis dohrnii’ is capable of escaping death. The molecular keys involved in its longevity have been revealed by researchers at the University of Oviedo.
The risk of developing eye complications is high in young people with Type 2 diabetes, which is increasingly affecting children and adolescents, especially those who are more sedentary.
DNA analysis reveals a large migration of people into Scandinavia during Viking times.
Our experiences of taste are so vivid and personal it can be hard to imagine how people can turn their nose up at your favourite comfort food. Research shows the explanation could be in your genes.
Humanity carries traces of other populations in our DNA – and a new study shows how one of these ancestors has influenced the immune systems of modern Papuans.
The human Y chromosome could disappear over time, putting our species in jeopardy. But some rodents have managed just fine without it – and we now know how.
Genetic conflict may play a role in pregnancy complications, such as preeclampsia and gestational diabetes, as well as developmental disorders.
A recent study offers evidence that marine biology’s biggest stage is broken, and suggests ways to fix it.
People don’t randomly select who they have children with. And that means an underlying assumption in research that tries to link particular genes to certain diseases or traits is wrong.
Women live longer than men, yet they cease reproductive life earlier than men because of the menopause. Why this apparent contradiction?
In Canada, 14.4 per cent of South Asians have Type 2 diabetes, the highest prevalence of any other ethnic group in the country. Why is this population so disproportionately affected by diabetes?
A scholar of law and humanities compares bans on dogs with any pit bull genes to “one drop” laws that once classified people with even a single Black ancestor as Black.
Ancient DNA helps reveal the tangled branches of the human family tree. Not only did our ancestors live alongside other human species, they mated with them, too.
Existing genetic data and sequencing tools are overwhelmingly based on people of European ancestry, which excludes much of the rich genetic variation of the world.
Principales colaboradores
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Merlin Crossley es Amigo de The Conversation.Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Jenny Graves es Amigo de The Conversation.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Postdoctoral researcher in genetics, University of Leicester
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Professor in Medical Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Head, Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
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Director of Bruce Lefroy Centre for Genetic Health Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor of Animal Genetics, University of Sydney
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Biodiversity Genomics, Flinders University
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Assistant Professor in Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
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Professor of Biogerontology, University of Brighton
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
