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Ancient viral DNA in the human genome linked to major psychiatric disorders
Medical Xpress· 5 hours agoThe work appears in Nature Communications. About 8% of our genome is comprised of sequences called ...
New Gene Therapy Approach Breaks Barriers for Treating Neurological Disorders
Gadgets 360· 2 hours agoResearchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a promising gene delivery vehicle for treating brain diseases. Using a human protein ...
A New Gene-Editing System Tackles Complex Diseases | Newswise
Newswise· 1 day agoThe human genome consists of around 3 billion base pairs and humans are all 99.6% identical in their genetic makeup. Current methods to model or correct ...
'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNeanderthal DNA was generally "deleterious" to modern humans, meaning it was rapidly weeded out of...
David Altshuler
GBH News· 11 hours agoDavid received his B.S. in 1986 from MIT, Ph.D. in 1993 from Harvard University, and M.D. in 1994 from Harvard Medical School. David is one of the world’s leading scientists in the study of ...
New gene delivery vehicle shows promise for human brain gene therapy
Science Daily· 6 days agoThe enormous challenge of getting therapies past this barrier -- a highly selective membrane separating the blood from the brain -- has stymied the development of safer and more effective < ...
DNA Reveals How German Cockroaches Came to Dominate the World
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 hour agoIn a new study of German cockroach genetics published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the...
The same genetic mutations behind gorillas' small penises may hinder fertility in men
Live Science· 18 hours agoGorillas and humans share the vast majority of the same genes — so if the researchers could pinpoint...
Criticism from campus to Congress: A dark end to UCLA Chancellor Block’s tenure
Los Angeles Daily News· 24 hours agoUCLA Chancellor Gene Block was once known as a defender of human rights, protector of undocumented...
'Look at all this we don't understand': Study unravels whole new layer of Alzheimer's disease
LiveScience· 5 hours agoDifferent versions of RNA encoded by single genes may play a role in Alzeimer's disease, new...