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How do brains convert experiences into memories? New research explores the chain of events by focusing on what genes shift into gear when neurons are firing.
Your weight during your youth could have an effect on your heart for the rest of your life.
DNA sequencing means a scientist can take a bucket of seawater and ID every fish in the area. Now we need a universal 'biobank' of samples to make a truly powerful environment monitoring tool.
New research could allow us greater control over what happens to genetically modified organisms once they're in the wild.
Separating children from their parents is not just a psychological stress, it's a DNA stress. Scientific research shows that early life stress may have irreversible effects on how DNA works in the cells of the body.
Lifting fingermarks from a crime scene often destroys the DNA they can contain.
Car parks seem to be intersecting with English history quite a bit lately.
Jurassic Park's dinosaur DNA premise is not so simple in real life
Genetics is influencing more and more of our decisions, but we can't make the right choices if we don't understand it.
You should be aware of the amount of genetic information you might disclose in a research study – and what the benefits and risks will be.
Data and privacy issues are tangled up in the DNA reports consumers get from big genetic testing companies – and the third-party sites they turn to in order to glean more from their raw DNA.
The first people to make it to Australia could have navigated their way by sea crossing, reaching the north-west coastline of the island continent more than 50,000 years ago.
More people are sending off saliva samples to find out about their genetic roots. But the raw DNA results go way beyond genealogical data – and could deliver unintended consequences.
One way to make sensors small is to make them out of something that's incredibly small in the first place, such as DNA.
Most of our genes descend directly from the last common ancestor of animals.
Our ability to reconstruct physical features from DNA is advancing, but can we ensure the privacy of "anonymised" genetic data if we can predict the face of its owner?
Synthetic biology allows us to engineer biological cells. This could help us tackle cancer in remarkable ways.
A public genealogy data base was used to track down the so-called "Golden State Killer," raising concerns about the privacy of using public sites to fill out our family trees.
It's 65 years since the structure of DNA was first published, but the woman who made that possible remains unknown to many people.
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ARC Laureate Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Merlin Crossley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Deputy Director and ARC Future Fellow, Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, University of Adelaide
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Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Biology, Harvard University
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Assistant Professor in Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore
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Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
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Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser - Public Health Genomics, Monash University
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Professor of English, York University, Canada
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Head, Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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NHMRC Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, Australian National University
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