Genetics

  1. Anthropology

    DNA puts Neandertal relatives in Siberia for 60,000 years

    Recovered DNA suggests Denisovans inhabited Siberia for around 60,000 years.

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  2. Genetics

    New catalog of human genetic variation could improve diagnosis

    Study of human protein-coding variation reveals which genes are more likely to be involved in genetic diseases.

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  3. Anthropology

    Mummified boy’s DNA unveils new but ancient maternal lineage

    An Inca child’s DNA shows he hailed from a newly identified line of maternal ancestors.

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  4. Life

    Gene editing helps a baby battle cancer

    Doctors used molecular scalpels to tweak T cells to target leukemia but not harm the patient.

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  5. Health & Medicine

    Parasite gives a man cancer

    Tapeworms can kick parasitism up a notch to become cancer, a case in Colombia shows.

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  6. Life

    Cats versus viruses: Arms race goes back millennia

    A special protein has been protecting cats from feline AIDS for at least 60,000 years, genetic analysis suggests.

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  7. Animals

    Cat-versus-virus arms race goes back millennia

    Researchers have found evidence of an ancient arms race between Felis silvestris catus, the species familiar today as the domestic cat, and feline immuno­deficiency virus.

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  8. Genetics

    Muscle-gene edit creates buff beagles

    Gene editing works at low efficiency in dogs.

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  9. Neuroscience

    Signs of Alzheimer’s seen in young brain’s GPS cells

    Signs of Alzheimer’s can show up in the brain’s compass decades before symptoms strike.

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  10. Anthropology

    Plagues plagued the Bronze Age

    Ancient bacterial DNA provides first clues to Bronze Age plagues in Europe and Asia.

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  11. Genetics

    Asian tiger mosquito genome sequenced

    Researchers have sequenced the genome of the Asian tiger mosquito, a stealthy invasive species and carrier of tropical diseases.

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  12. Life

    Genetic tweaks manipulate DNA’s loops

    Scientists have changed the loops and curls of DNA as it packs into a nucleus.

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