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Analysis suggests people with more copies of ribosomal DNA have higher risks of developing disease
Medical Xpress· 3 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 ...
Something woolly is afoot in Alaska
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 4 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· 3 days agoThe patient had spinocerebellar ataxia type 4 (SCA4), a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes muscle weakness, movement difficulty, and loss...
Revolutionary Genetics Research Shows RNA May Rule Our Genome - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days 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 ...
AI aids analysis of lifetime environmental exposures
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoMost human diseases are fueled by both genetic and environmental factors. Untangling these external influences and how they intersect with our genes...
National labs — the powerful muscle in America’s arm
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China-connected South Bay biotech company called out by Congress in Biosecure Act - San Francisco...
The Business Journals· 2 days agoA San Jose biotech company owned by a Chinese company is at the center of a U.S.-China tug-of-war...
Probability of developing Lyme disease is genetically influenced, research suggests
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoA research team from the Center for Individualized Infection Medicine (CiiM), a joint institution of the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and Hannover Medical School (MHH), has ...
DS-PACK: Tool assembly for the end-to-end support of controlled access human data sharing -...
Nature· 2 days 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 ...
Mixed public opinion on polygenic embryo screening for IVF
Science Daily· 3 days agoResults of the survey, to be published May 14 in JAMA Network Open, underscore the need for public education and conversation about the positive and negative implications of these ethically ...