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Science & Tech News tagged with Genetics

Genetic 'Map' of Asia's Diversity
Science & Tech  (tags: Genetic 'map', Asia, genetics, science, nature )

Leslie
- 1 day ago - news.bbc.co.uk
An international scientific effort has revealed the genetics behind Asia's diversity.
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The Evolution of Transhumanism Into Transtopia
Science & Tech  (tags: transhumanism, transtopia, evolution, cryonics, science, tech, technology, research, design, concept, humans, world, future, environment, psychology, biology, physics, history, society, culture, genetics, physiology, GeneticEngineering, health, medicine )

SirRobert
- 110 days ago - transtopia.org
Transhumanists seek things like intelligence augmentation, increased strength and beauty, extreme life extension, sustainable mood enhancement, and the capability to get off-planet in order to explore the universe.
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New Brain Imaging Reveals the Secret to Higher IQ
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, genetics, human brain, interesting, medicine, news, research, scientists, study )

Dan
- 260 days ago - technologyreview.com
New studies show that the brain's neural wiring determines intelligence and is largely genetically-determined, providing further support that IQ is inherited. Important to Alzheimer's research. Noted in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
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Parkinson's-Linked Mutation Makes Neurons Vulnerable To Calcium-Induced Death
Science & Tech  (tags: Parkinson's Disease, Genetics )

Kekuhouma
- 275 days ago - medicalnewstoday.com
A new study reveals the mechanism by which a genetic mutation linked with Parkinson's disease (PD) renders dopamine neurons particularly vulnerable to cell injury and death.
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Common Genes Tied To Alcohol, Nicotine, Cocaine Addictions
Science & Tech  (tags: Alcohol, Addiction, Illegal Drugs, Genetics )

Kekuhouma
- 277 days ago - medicalnewstoday.com
Researchers found specific genes tied to all types of addictions - and finding that some of the same genes associated with alcohol dependence are also closely linked with addictions to nicotine, cocaine, opoids, heroin and other substances.
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Next-Generation Sequencing Uncovers Genetic Variation Linking Type 1 Diabetes With Enterovirus Infection
Science & Tech  (tags: Diabetes, genetics, study, research )

Kekuhouma
- 281 days ago - medicalnewstoday.com
The study presents a novel insight into the genetic basis of type 1 diabetes, a common autoimmune disorder that results in the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic cells, a disease-associated gene that appear to lower the risk was isolated.
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'Personalized' Genome Sequencing Reveals Coding Error In Gene For Inherited Pancreatic Cancer
Science & Tech  (tags: Genetics, Cancer / Oncology, Research )

Kekuhouma
- 283 days ago - medicalnewstoday.com
This discovery marks the first use of a genome scanning system to uncover suspect mutations in normal inherited genes. The "personalized genome" sequencing locates a mutation hereditary form of pancreatic cancer gene called PALB2.
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Another Piece of the Puzzle: Scientists Unlock a Molecular Mystery of Origin of Life
Science & Tech  (tags: investigation, research, science, medicine, genetics, Molecular Biology, origins of life )

Chris
- 288 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A mystery about the origins of life has been resolved. According to a study published in the journal Nature, two Université de Montréal scientists have proposed a new theory for how a universal molecular machine, the ribosome, managed to self-assemble.
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Possible Genetic Flag for Brain Cancer
Science & Tech  (tags: Genetics, brain cancer, investigation, study, pathology )

Kekuhouma
- 299 days ago - sciencenews.org
Doctors diagnose nearly 200,000 brain cancers each year in the United States.
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Top 50 Genetics Blogs
Science & Tech  (tags: Genetics, Gene, Blogs, Science, Medical, Health )

Jollygirl
- 321 days ago - uspharmd.com
There are a variety of blogs that deal with genetics, writing about biotechnology, evolution, health, and more. Let's take a look at 50 of the best blogs that deal with these topics and more.
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Scientists to Test DNA to Find Out If Galileo Could Really See Stars
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, science, astronomy, genetics, DNA, mystery, Galileo, eyesight )

Beatrice
- 322 days ago - guardian.co.uk
how could a man with impaired eyesight have made the observations that revolutionised astronomy; and did his faulty vision alter what he saw and recorded?When his body was moved, who was the woman found buried alongside him?
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Does DNA Have Telepathic Properties?
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, science, DNA, telepathy, mystery, theory, unexplained behavior, genetics, genes )

Chris
- 324 days ago - dailygalaxy.com
DNA has been found to have a bizarre ability to put itself together, even at a distance, when according to known science it shouldn't be able to. Explanation: None, at least not yet.
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Tasmaniomics
Science & Tech  (tags: DNA, Genetics, genome sequence, Genome research, Tasmanian Tiger )

Scarlett
- 330 days ago - blogs.nature.com
Using DNA samples culled from museum specimens, researchers have sequenced DNA from the long-extinct Tasmanian tiger. The results were published online this week by Genome Research.
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Scientists Present the Largest-to-Date Genetic Snapshot of Iceland 1,000 Years Ago
Science & Tech  (tags: genetics, DNA, deCODE, Iceland, mitochondrial DNA, biology, research, science, study )

Scarlett
- 330 days ago - biologynews.net
Scientists at deCODE genetics have completed the largest study of ancient DNA from a single population ever undertaken. Analyzing mitochondrial DNA, which is passed from mother to offspring, from 68 skeletal remains, the study provides a detailed ...
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Japanese Researchers Publish Study That Provides Hope of Reviving Extinct Animals-- and Saving Endangered Species
Science & Tech  (tags: environment, animals, science, research, endangered species, extinct species, genetics, cloning )

Levi
- 406 days ago - ecoworldly.com
It's not quite on the scale of Jurassic Park, but Japanese researchers claim that they have successfully produced clones of mice that have been frozen for 16 years. Will this research help revive extinct animals like the wooly mammoth?
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