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Y chromosome is evolving faster than the X, primate study reveals
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoNestled within these stretches of repeating DNA are genes. So the repeated DNA may safeguard...
How our 2-billion-year-old microbial ancestors archaea made energy with hydrogen
Cosmos· 6 days agoNew research has redefined our understanding of how archaea – our 2-billion-year-old microbial...
A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the...
From glowing corals to vomiting shrimp, animals have used bioluminescence to communicate for...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDozens of animals, some on land but many in the ocean, can produce light within their bodies through...
Study identifies new gene target for polycystic kidney disease
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoPKD is an inherited disorder that leads to fluid-filled cysts developing on the kidney. While the...
Scientists identify the genetic 'switches' of bone growth
Medical Xpress· 3 days agoIn mammals, only 3% of the genome consists of coding genes which, when transcribed into proteins, ensure the biological functions of the organism and the in-utero development of future individuals ...
How calcium channel mutations lead to cognitive dysfunction
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoThis finding builds on previous studies that determined that alterations in a gene known as CACNA1C are linked to increased risk of cognitive impairment and mental illness ...
Everything We Know (And Don't) About Beethoven's Deafness
Soundly via AOL· 1 day agoBeethoven is known for being one of the most famous musicians tohave suffered from hearing loss....
A New Biological Pathway: Major Cause of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Discovered
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoScientists at the Francis Crick Institute identified a key biological pathway in IBD involving the ETS2 protein, which can be targeted with already available MEK inhibitor drugs to potentially ...
Pushing the Limits of Neuroscience: BARseq Is Mapping the Brain at a Million-Neuron Scale
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoResearchers developed and enhanced BARseq, a technique to map brain cell connections by gene...