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Inadequate bird flu testing is making pandemic experts concerned we're "flying blind" with H5N1
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThat's because swine are closer to humans in genetic terms, acting as a prime reservoir for viruses...
Bird Flu Has Made It to the Big Apple
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAvian influenza has come for New York City’s birds. In a new study Wednesday, scientists report traces of highly pathogenic H5N1 in a small number of...
What’s Happening With The Y Chromosome?
IFLScience· 1 day agoThe human Y chromosome isn’t what it used to be – long gone are the days when it used to be the same size as its pal, X. It’s now much smaller, but is it...
Optical genome mapping unveils hidden structural variants in neurodevelopmental disorders -...
Nature· 14 hours agoWhile short-read sequencing currently dominates genetic research and diagnostics, it frequently falls short of capturing certain structural variants (SVs), which are often ...
The Scandalous Science Behind Nuclear Regulation
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIts influence traces back to Hermann Muller, a geneticist and 1946 Nobel Prize winner. Muller's research in the 1920s and '30s claimed to show that...
Stem cells provide new insight into genetic pathway of childhood cancer
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoResearchers from the University of Sheffield have created a stem cell model designed to investigate...
New strategy suppresses unwanted deletion events to make genome editing safer and more precise
Phys.org· 1 day agoThis approach tackles a critical issue with CRISPR technology: the act of slicing the genome at...
NASA’s Plasma Rocket Could Reach Mars in 2 Months
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn our top stories this week, reporter Passant Rabie describes in in-development rocket engine that NASA could eventually use to reach Mars in two...
Same genes that made gorilla penises small may make men infertile
UB Reporter· 2 days agoGorillas share a common ancestor and over 98% of their DNA with humans. A new UB-led study has found the genetics behind their abnormal genitals and sperm holds answers about ...
Goose Bumps, Extra Nipples and Leftover Tails Remind Us of What We Once Were
Scientific American· 1 day agoHuman’s evolutionary remnants show us the kinds of animals we used to be
