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Six-Inch Human Skeleton Discovered with Multiple Disease-Associated Mutations

March 23, 2018

The specimen's exceptionally small stature and multiple skeletal abnormalities, including a cone-shaped skull, led to widespr...

Two Genes Likely Play Key Role in Extreme Nausea and Vomiting during Pregnancy

March 21, 2018

UCLA-led study will help scientists better understand debilitating condition

Empathy is Not Just Learned—It's Also Genetics

March 12, 2018

How empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and experience but also partly a result of our genes

Low-Fat or Low-Carb? It’s a Draw, Study Finds

February 21, 2018

Neither option is superior: Cutting either carbs or fats shaves off excess weight in about the same proportion, according to ...

Scientists Discover How Gene Mutation Triggers Immune Disease

January 31, 2018

Study tests treatment that worked in donated cells from patient

Discovery of the 'Pioneer' That Opens the Genome

January 24, 2018

IRCM and UdeM researchers explain a cell differentiation mechanism in Nature Genetics

The Toxic Sugar Tree: Mapping the Evolutionary History of a Cancerous Sugar Gene

December 15, 2017

University research into Neu5Gc sugar lays groundwork for research in diets, transplants, and diseases

New Online Database Brings the Genome into Focus Using Molecular Structure

December 12, 2017

The database is freely accessible to anyone on the web, where it allows scientists to study the functions and structure ...

Researchers Identify Six Genes Driving Peanut Allergy Reactions

December 6, 2017

Results represent important step forward for new therapies and treatments

Eating More Like Our Ancestors Would Improve Human Health

November 3, 2017

“There is a need to better align food systems with dietary patterns that have existed in our evolutionary past,” ...

Genome Architecture Caught in Motion

October 11, 2017

“We are just starting to appreciate that the way our genome is spatially organized in our cells has a profound impact o...

New Technique Searches ‘Dark Genome’ for Disease Mutations

August 14, 2017

‘Orion’ will help researchers identify disease-causing mutations in patients when current methods come up dry....

MRI Reveals Striking Brain Differences in People with Genetic Autism

August 9, 2017

Many people with autism have abnormalities at a specific site on the 16th chromosome known as 16p11.2

Ferreting Out Causes of Resistance to Cancer Drugs

August 4, 2017

The NCI defines recurrence as cancer that returns after a patient has had no signs of out-of-control cell growth for at least...

In Saliva, Clues to a 'Ghost' Species of Ancient Human

July 24, 2017

The evolutionary history of a salivary protein may point to interbreeding between humans and an enigmatic ancient relative...

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