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Change trackers: New consortium to catalog DNA mutations across human lifetime
From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...
A single genetic mutation may have made humans more vulnerable to cancer than chimpanzees
New research from UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered an evolutionary change that may explain why certain ...
The Economist21h
A new project aims to synthesise a human chromosome
The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...
Live Science23h
Oldest and most complete ancient Egyptian human genome ever sequenced reveals ties to Mesopotamia
In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...
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First Step Towards an Artificial Human Genome Now Underway
As if sequencing a full human genome wasn't tricky enough, scientists are now attempting to reconstruct our species' genetic ...
Johns Hopkins Researchers Uncover a New Way To Kill Cancer Cells
A new study reveals that blocking ribosomal RNA production rewires cancer cell behavior and could help treat genetically ...
Researchers discover genetic mutation that disrupts brain growth in children
A team of international researchers has uncovered a new genetic cause for a rare developmental disorder that profoundly ...
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Scientists aim to create first artificial human DNA – the risks and benefits
Experts share their insights with The i Paper as the UK becomes home to the first major project looking to write human DNA ...
New Zealand Doctor6d
Genetic cause for rare development disorder found
University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has led international research uncovering a new genetic cause for a rare developmental disorder that profoundly impacts brain growth and function in children ...