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Researchers identify important gene in the fight against prostate cancer
Medical Xpress· 1 day agoLoss of the KMT2C gene increases the risk of developing metastases. Prostate cancer is the second...
'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoWhat lies ahead So how long will the traces of these long-lost humans linger in our genomes? Over...
10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoSpecifically, these women inherited the receptor for...to mood disorders such as depression in...
The mystery of the disappearing Neanderthal Y chromosome
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoNon-Africans carry around 2% Neanderthal DNA in their genomes — yet there's one chromosome where DNA...
Could Neanderthals talk?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThis gene is associated with the control of muscles in the mouth and face that help produce speech. Mutations in FOXP2 can cause language deficits in ...
Early Hints at a Gene Therapy Cure for Herpes
KTBS Shreveport· 3 days agoAn experimental gene therapy could one day provide a first-ever cure for genital and oral herpes, researchers report. The gene therapy removed 90% or...
How Gene Editing Therapies Could Go Beyond Rare Diseases
Forbes· 2 days agoEarlier this year, a group of scientists in the Netherlands used the gene editing tool CRISPR to...
ASGCT: Why biopharma must face up to the ethical issues around prenatal gene therapies
FierceBiotech· 4 days agoIt’s one of the most exciting ideas in medicine: prenatal cell and gene therapy, where pathological ...
Humans Are Driving a New Kind of Evolution in Animals
Scientific American· 4 days agoFor centuries peppered moths (Biston betularia) were common in the forests around Manchester,...
Some Papua New Guineans Have Denisovan Genes, And It Might Protect Them From Malaria
IFLScience· 3 days agoNew research has found that lowland populations of Papua New Guinea have Denisovan genes that may...
