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The basis of the new study is to examine the potential of genetic variations to unlock new medicines. This will involve sequencing some 2...
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Digital Journal broke the news that research groups have edited the DNA of human embryos in March 2015. This is related to work performed...
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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the main component of genetic material, found in humans and all other animals. DNA is formed by combining four parts...
Tech & Science
Bumblebees play a key role in maintaining the diversity of plant life on the planet and they are essential for agriculture. Scientists are worried...
Tech & Science
Woolly Mammoth de-extinction A team from Sweden, the U.S. and Canada examined two woolly mammoths that died about 40,000 years apart. One woolly mammoth...
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Of the various ‘ancient diseases’, one of the longest lasting (and arguably notorious) is leprosy (leprosy was recognized in the ancient civilizations of China,...
Life
Prof. Yong-Su Jin, a professor of microbial genomics at the university, and his research team, have created what Prof. Jin calls a “genome knife”...
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From a research project that included some 5,000 individuals, scientists have found that methylation patterns are linked with age, and that older-looking methylation states...
World
“In some cases death came immediately; in others, after many days,” the historian Procopius wrote as a terrifying disease scythed through Constantinople in 542...
Life
The scientists sequenced the DNA of Theobroma cacao. The Maya reportedly domesticated this variety of Theobroma cacao, Criollo, around 3,000 years ago in Central...