Topic
Genetics
157 published works
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Some Polynesians Carry Native American DNA, Study Finds – The New York Times
About 3,000 years ago, people on the eastern edge of Asia began sailing east, crossing thousands of miles of ocean to reach uninhabited islands. Their descendants, some 2,000 years later,…
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Chinese researchers say 2 types of coronavirus could be infecting people
Two separate types of the novel coronavirus one more aggressive than the other could be infecting people during the sweeping outbreak, Chinese scientists revealed in a new study.The preliminary study,…
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UCSF researchers prove genetics allow some people to function on less than 6 hours of sleep – SFGate
In the latest study, researchers focused on a family with three successive generations of natural short-sleepers. None of them had the DEC2 mutation, but scientists were able to isolate another mutation…
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Chinese scientists have put human brain genes in monkeys and yes, they may be smarter – MIT Technology Review
Now scientists in southern China report that they ve tried to narrow the evolutionary gap, creating several transgenic macaque monkeys with extra copies of a human gene suspected of playing…
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Preparing to Unleash Crispr on an Unprepared World | WIRED
Scientists around the globe have spent the past seven years honing this new tool, using it to study the underlying genetics of disease, speed up drug development, and boost the…
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Chinese Scientist Claims to Use Crispr to Make First Genetically Edited Babies – The New York Times
Ever since scientists created the powerful gene editing technique Crispr, they have braced apprehensively for the day when it would be used to create a genetically altered human being. Many…
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How Dad’s Stresses Get Passed Along to Offspring – Scientific American
A stressed-out and traumatized father can leave scars in his children. New research suggests this happens because sperm learn paternal experiences via a mysterious mode of intercellular communication in which…
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Call for Abstracts: Consuming Genetics: The Ethical and Legal Considerations of Consumer Genetic Technologies
An announcement from our friends at Harvard Law's Petrie-Flom Center Conference date: May 17, 2019 Abstract Submissions Due: October 15, 2018 The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and…
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Genetic identification of leptin neural circuits in energy and glucose homeostases | Nature
Our findings identify the underlying basis of the neurobiological effects of leptin and associated metabolic disorders.via www.nature.comLeptin might be the hormone that saves us from the obesity epidemic.
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Genetic identification of leptin neural circuits in energy and glucose homeostases | Nature
Our findings identify the underlying basis of the neurobiological effects of leptin and associated metabolic disorders.via www.nature.comLeptin might be the hormone that saves us from the obesity epidemic.