Genetics

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.

Anthropology

Plagues plagued the Bronze Age

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

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.

Life

Genetic tweaks manipulate DNA’s loops

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

Humans

U.S. is growing more genetically diverse

Young Americans are more genetically diverse than previous generations, a new DNA analysis reveals.

Genetics

Microbes may reveal colon cancer mutations

Certain microbial mixes are associated with particular DNA mutations in colon cancer, a new study suggests.

Health & Medicine

Elephants’ cancer-protection secret may be in the genes

An extra dose of cancer-fighting genes may be the secret to elephants’ long life spans.

Genetics

Gene editing makes pigs safer for human transplants

CRISPR/Cas9 disables multiple viruses at one time

Genetics

Chemical tags on DNA appear to differ between gay and straight men

DNA marks distinguished homosexual men from heterosexual men with in a small twin study.

Humans

Into Africa: Ancient skeleton sheds light on reverse migration

Ancient man’s DNA helps reveal extent of Eurasian farmers’ back-to-Africa migration some 3,000 years ago.

Chemistry

Chemistry Nobel granted for deciphering DNA repair

Three researchers win chemistry Nobel for working out how cells fix damaged genetic material

Genetics

Chemistry Nobel honors studies of DNA repair mechanisms

Studies of DNA’s repair mechanisms have won Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar the 2015 Nobel Prize in chemistry.