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A role for microRNAs in social behavior

... advertisement Textbook knowledge holds that DNA is first copied to......
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To repair DNA damage, plants need good contractors

... on time. advertisement Similarly, when DNA is damaged, a molecular... cell to mount an effective DNA damage response. But, it... with them to oversee the DNA damage response. Now,...
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CRISPR joins battle of the bulge, fights obesity without edits to genome

... can cut fat without cutting DNA. In a paper published... home in on a particular DNA sequence, but replaces the... study. Though CRISPR targets specific DNA sequences, off target effects...
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Genomic data from 2000 human brains could reveal roots of schizophrenia, autism, and other neurological disorders

... revealed hundreds of locations where DNA tends to differ between... papers, for example, researchers describe DNA sites where a variation... analyses, such as measuring how DNA s folded structure...
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Watching brain cells fire

... of a strand of human DNA. Yet translating those results......
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Draw clearer red lines around human gene editing, say leaders of Chinese and U.S. science academies

... standards for so called germline editing, DNA modifications to embryos, eggs, ......
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Tourists may be making Antarctica’s penguins sick

... in humans and domestic animals. DNA from Campylobacter jejuni, which......
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Why modern humans have round heads

... By analyzing traces of Neanderthal DNA that linger in Europeans... shape the brain. Tying Neanderthal DNA to brain scans in... people s health records and DNA. They hope to...
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Faster, cheaper test can help predict risk of metastasis in prostate cancer patients

... with NG CNA the cost of DNA extraction, library preparation, and......
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What social stress in monkeys can tell us about human health

... chromatin accessibility how the DNA is packaged in the......
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Gene study unravels redheads mystery

... be involved. The team examined DNA from almost 350, 000 people......
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Pest-controlling bats could help save rainforests

... infestations. The team next used DNA barcoding techniques to analyse......
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When less is more: A promising approach for low-cell-number epigenomic profiling

... is integrated into proximal genomic DNA by Tn5 transposase brown ... is integrated into proximal genomic DNA by Tn5 transposase brown ... technique that enables analysis of DNA protein interactions using very...
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Rapid genetic evolution linked to lighter skin pigmentation

... and without positive selection. The DNA and pigmentation sampling took......
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Ocean fertilization by unusual microbes extends to frigid waters of Arctic Ocean

... ocean near Hawaii. After finding DNA evidence of a previously......
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This 8000-year-old ‘gum’ holds surprises about ancient toolmakers

... but it can preserve human DNA for millennia. Researchers have... tools. Among other things, the DNA suggests these toolmakers were... that you could get DNA from something people...
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Just thinking you have poor endurance genes changes your body

... for medical providers and consumer DNA testing companies. From a......
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Some brain tumors may respond to immunotherapy

... gliomas could be weakened with DNA damaging drugs Although aggressive NF1... leave them more sensitive to DNA damaging therapies. Cells in these... the new cells contain many DNA errors. If we...
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Physicist creates tiny sensors to assist in cancer detection

... a large scale to detect DNA, sugars, explosives, toxins and......
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Genetic study of epilepsy points to potential new therapies

... the condition. Researchers compared the DNA of more than 15, 000 people with epilepsy to the DNA of 30, 000 people without......