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World’s Largest Genome Discovered in a Tiny Fern: ‘Breaks all records’
GoodNewsNetwork· 1 day agoOn the island of New Caledonia, a simple, unassuming species of fern has been identified as having...
Feeding Our Future trial juror dismissed over $120,000 cash offer - MinnPost
MinnPost· 1 day agoRichard Chin at the Star Tribune reports University of Minnesota researchers are aiming to crack the...
Researchers find a single, surprising gene behind a disorder that causes intellectual disability -...
ABC17 NEWS· 5 days agoBy LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Scientists have found the genetic root of a disorder that causes intellectual disability, which they estimate affects as many as one in 20,000 ...
Sea urchins made to order: Scripps scientists make transgenic breakthrough
LA Times via Yahoo News· 7 days ago“One of the big questions in all of biology is to understand how the series of instructions in the...
New genetic cause of intellectual disability potentially uncovered in 'junk DNA'
LiveScience· 5 days agoScientists have uncovered a rare genetic cause of intellectual disability in a historically...
Saliva test to revolutionise detection of prostate cancer
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe men, who were aged 55 to 69, gave a sample of saliva which was then tested for 130 genetic...
Sea urchins made to order: US scientists make transgenic breakthrough
dpa international via Yahoo News· 2 days agoConsider the sea urchin. Specifically, the painted urchin: Lytechinus pictus, a prickly Ping-Pong...
Spit test ‘better than blood test for men with genetic prostate cancer risk’
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe men were deemed to be at an age where the risk of prostate cancer is increased. The researchers...
Scientists identify gene linked to developmental disorders
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMutations in a single newly identified gene are responsible for developmental disorders affecting...
Bird flu’s spread from poultry to cattle to humans provokes worry among feds, states
South Dakota Searchlight via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoDairy farmers throughout the country are on guard and the federal government is mobilizing after an...