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Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our Genome - Slashdot
Slashdot· 23 hours agoIn 2012 the geneticist, now at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York State, was one of a few hundred colleagues who were simply trying to put together a compendium of human DNA functions ...
Cellular activity hints that recycling is in our DNA
Science Daily· 6 days agoThe human genome has hundreds of thousands of introns, about 7 or 8 per gene, and each is removed by a specialized RNA protein complex called the "spliceosome ...
Analysis suggests people with more copies of ribosomal DNA have higher risks of developing disease
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoStandard genetic analysis techniques have not studied areas of the human genome that are repetitive, such as ribosomal DNA (rDNA), a fundamental part of ...
Scientists Unveil the Genetic Blueprint of Blood Pressure
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoOver 100 new genomic regions linked to blood pressure were discovered, offering insights into iron...
China-connected South Bay biotech company called out by Congress in Biosecure Act - San Francisco...
The Business Journals· 8 hours agoA San Jose biotech company owned by a Chinese company is at the center of a U.S.-China tug-of-war...
Largest-Ever 3D-Mapped Piece Of The Human Brain Could Still Fit On A Grain Of Rice
IFLScience· 3 days agoThis vivid rainbow of cells represents the largest-ever high-resolution 3D map of a section of the human brain. For the last decade, a collaboration between researchers at Harvard University ...
DS-PACK: Tool assembly for the end-to-end support of controlled access human data sharing -...
Nature· 23 hours agoWhen data is shared over distributed platforms, an inherent problem is managing access control lists (ACLs) for each platform. DS-PACK adopts an existing information security pattern to address ...
Something woolly is afoot in Alaska
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFor a journalist, it’s hard to imagine an entry on a public official’s calendar more enticing than four hours of woolly mammoth. OK, it’s not actually...
A Brain Breakthrough 25 Years in the Making
The Scientist· 2 days agoThe patient had spinocerebellar ataxia type 4 (SCA4), a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes muscle weakness, movement difficulty, and loss...
AI aids analysis of lifetime environmental exposures
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoMost human diseases are fueled by both genetic and environmental factors. Untangling these external influences and how they intersect with our genes...