Genetics
Human-Neanderthal gene variance is involved in autism
A structure that represents the biggest known genetic difference between humans and Neanderthals also predisposes humans to autism.
Aug 4, 2016
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Genetics
Researchers identify 6,500 genes that are expressed differently in men and women
Men and women differ in obvious and less obvious ways—for example, in the prevalence of certain diseases or reactions to drugs. How are these connected to one's sex? Weizmann Institute of Science researchers recently uncovered ...
May 4, 2017
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Medical research
Scientists develop new gene therapy strategy to delay aging
Cellular senescence, a state of permanent growth arrest, has emerged as a hallmark and fundamental driver of organismal aging. It is regulated by both genetic and epigenetic factors. Despite a few previously reported aging-associated ...
Jan 8, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Severe herpesvirus infection beats adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
In a recently published editorial in the journal Genes & Cancer, researcher Tatsuro Jo from the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital's Department of Hematology discussed aggressive type adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Neuroscience
Schizophrenia a side effect of human development
Schizophrenia may have evolved as an "unwanted side effect" of the development of the complex human brain, a new study has found.
Feb 21, 2018
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Genetics
Study suggests humans are slowly but surely losing intellectual and emotional abilities
Human intelligence and behavior require optimal functioning of a large number of genes, which requires enormous evolutionary pressures to maintain. A provocative hypothesis published in a recent set of Science and Society ...
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Genetics
Chinese team uses CRISPR to genetically modify human embryo
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Guangzhou Medical University in China has published a paper in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics describing their efforts to genetically modify a human embryo using ...
Genetics
How long a virgin? It's written in your genes: study
A DNA study of more than 380,000 people has uncovered a rather surprising role for human genes: helping to determine the age at which you first have sex.
Apr 18, 2016
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Can changing the microbiome reverse lactose intolerance?
After childhood, about two-thirds of the world's human population loses the ability to digest milk. As far as we know, 100 percent of nonhuman mammals also lose this ability after weaning. The ongoing ability to digest lactose, ...
Apr 11, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Stopping moles from turning into the deadliest type of skin cancer
In a small patch of skin no bigger than an inch, there are millions of cells all performing duties, like protecting us from bacteria and sensing temperature. A portion of them are melanocytes, a type of cell dedicated to ...
Aug 4, 2022
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