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For the first time, researchers have identified the mechanism by which chronic stress can damage DNA. By infusing mice with…
New evidence has supported belief that the building blocks of DNA were brought to Earth by meteorites. The existence of DNA…
The recent US Federal Court of Appeals decision relates to the patent law status of inventions based on the discovery that particular mutations in BRCA genes predispose women to breast and ovarian cancer…
A specific DNA variant is linked with a person’s likelihood of suffering sudden cardiac death, according to researchers at…
A genetic instruction controlling limb development was present in fish almost half a billion years ago, researchers at a…
Imagine taking a thousand copies of a phone book, shredding them all together, then trying to use the overlapping pieces to reconstruct a copy. This is a simple problem compared to assembling the human…
The genome of a coral that makes up a major part of the Great Barrier Reef has been sequenced for the first time, Australian…
The genomes of the recent German E. coli outbreak have revealed crucial insights into the origins of this deadly strain. The bacteria was found in German bean sprouts but it didn’t originate from the gut…
Can the way we think influence the way we feel? Most of us would say yes. But can thinking affect the way our bodies behave on a genetic level? Can we, in essence, think ourselves better? A growing band…
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