DNA
02/09/2025 - 13:43
Scientists have long known that DNA-copying systems make the occasional blunder — that’s how cancers often start — but only in recent years... →
19/06/2024 - 12:23
As we age, however, senescent cells don’t get eliminated. Their buildup in the body has long been considered problematic, contributing to... →
04/12/2022 - 15:25
About half of Jews today are identified as Ashkenazi, meaning they originated from Jews who lived in Central or Eastern Europe. The term... →
05/11/2022 - 13:14
Such research is often a first step towards identifying mutations that are relevant to human health, or in unraveling the mechanisms behind... →
09/03/2022 - 13:23
The breakthrough, which has yet to be tested against fertilization, could provide hope for those above 40 years old, whose aged eggs often... →
06/10/2021 - 14:00
Harden is a professor in psychology and behavior genetics at the University of Texas at Austin. She believes that we can use genetics to... →
19/07/2021 - 12:15
Now, researchers have analyzed the genomes of this father and daughter and 12 of their family members, lots of whom sheltered in the... →
05/07/2021 - 13:28
Those extensive viral regions are much more than evolutionary relics: They may be deeply involved with a wide range of diseases including... →
16/06/2021 - 11:40
eople often feel that they can intuitively recognize whether something is alive, but nature is filled with entities that flout easy... →
13/11/2020 - 16:25
Rechavi and Prof. Jeff Gore of MIT each will receive $2.5 million, paid in increments over a period of five years, to pursue any research... →
02/07/2020 - 14:20
The studies were published this month on the preprint server bioRxiv, and have not yet been peer-reviewed1,2,3. But taken together, they... →
05/06/2020 - 16:30
For decades, scholars have been debating the origin of the extraordinary collection of hundreds of manuscripts collated in the heart of the... →