Genomics
A “Word Processor” for Genes – Scientists Unveil Fundamentally New Mechanism for Biological Programming
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Visualization of the bridge recombinase mechanism. Credit: Visual Science Arc Institute scientists have discovered the bridge recombinase mechanism, a revolutionary tool that ...
Genetics solves mystery of rare brown pandas after 40 years
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Qizai, the world’s only captive brown-and-white panda.Credit: Katherine Feng/Minden Pictures via Alamy Not everything in life is always black and white. Neither ...
Syphilis-Like Diseases Were Already Widespread in America Before the Arrival of Columbus
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Evidence of syphilis in ancient Brazilian bones disproves the notion that Columbus introduced the disease to Europe, indicating that syphilis-like diseases existed ...
‘Wildly weird’ RNA bits discovered infesting the microbes in our guts
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Streptococcus sanguinis bacteria live in the human mouth and are hosts to a newly described group of RNA entities.Credit: UK Health Security ...
Ancient DNA reveals first known case of sex-development disorder
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Microscope image of two X and one Y chromosome, as found in a sex-development condition called Klinefelter syndrome.Credit: Biophoto Associates/Science Photo Library ...
Hagfish genome elucidates vertebrate whole-genome duplication events and their evolutionary consequences
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Van de Peer, Y., Maere, S. & Meyer, A. The evolutionary significance of ancient genome duplications. Nat. Rev. Genet. 10, 725–732 (2009). ...
Scientists Uncover Cancer’s “Death Star” – Secret Vulnerabilities Revealed
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A groundbreaking study has mapped the elusive allosteric sites of the KRAS protein, a key factor in many cancers. This discovery opens ...
