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2,468 results for: mutations

  1. Science & Society

    Flu researchers plan to repeat controversial work

    The scientists who made the H5N1 strain transmissible between ferrets intend to do the same with H7N9.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  2. Science & Society

    HeLa genome offers clues to cells’ cancerous nature

    The genetic sequence is published along with an agreement to protect the privacy of the family of the cells’ provider, Henrietta Lacks.

    By Cristy Gelling
  3. Humans

    DNA reveals details of the peopling of the Americas

    Migrants came in three distinct waves that interbred once in the New World.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  4. Life

    Tiny human almost-brains made in lab

    Stem cells arrange themselves into a version of the most complex human organ.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Life

    Many genes in dolphins and bats evolved in the same way to allow echolocation

    Widespread changes scattered across the genomes of distantly related species cooperated to craft the trait.

    By Jessica Shugart
  6. Animals

    Tiger, lion and domestic cat genes not so different

    Genomes of big felines provide insight into their evolution.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  7. Humans

    Letters from the October 20, 2007, issue of Science News

    Well, read Margit L. Bleecker appears to have discovered that those who score highly on reading tests also score highly on tests of memory, attention, and concentration (“How reading may protect the brain,” SN: 8/18/07, p. 110). I don’t find that highly surprising. Ivan MannHoover, Ala. How it happened stance “Alien Pizza, Anyone?” (SN: 8/18/07, […]

    By Science News
  8. Plants

    Dastardly daisies

    This flower isn’t just any old sex cheat. It can be sexually deceptive three ways and in 3-D.

    By Susan Milius
  9. Genetics

    Monkeys born with edited genes

    A DNA-snipping technique inspired by bacteria shows therapeutic promise.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  10. Neuroscience

    Diuretic may treat autism, study in rodents suggests

    Drug that lowers chloride levels in brain cells staves off symptoms in mice and rats.

    By Laura Sanders
  11. Neuroscience

    Gene adds wrinkle to brain development

    Mutations in the gene GPR56 results in misshapen folds in the brain tied to intellectual and language disabilities.

    By Laura Sanders
  12. Neuroscience

    Girls may require more mutations than boys to develop autism

    New results may help explain why more males wind up with autism.

    By Laura Sanders