In Genetics and Health - Posted 30 weeks ago

H3N2 flu virus (Courtesy www.primidi.com) Each year, somewhere between five and 15 percent of the world s population becomes infected during influe...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 37 weeks ago

(Photo credit: Flu viruses among cilia - National Geographic magazine http://www.nationalgeographic.com/)US scientists have discovered a possible reas...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 38 weeks ago

Papers published in Nature and Science this week support the previously held theory that humans originated in East Africa, migrating outward unti...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 40 weeks ago

Junk DNA could hold the key to the evolution of complex organisms . Vertebrates, animals that possess a backbone, are the most anatomically an...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 41 weeks ago

Researcher Ali S. Khashan of the University of Manchester, England and colleagues report that women who undergo an extremely stressful event duri...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 41 weeks ago

Scientists from Newcastle University, UK led by Professor Patrick Chinnery, have created an embryo with three separate parents. The team believe ...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 41 weeks ago

Nature constantly shuffles our genes around in our genome, creating a genetic cocktail of human chromosomes and trying out different changes ...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 42 weeks ago

Human chromosomes (grey) capped by telomeres (white)We all know the benefits of regular exercise but scientists now have proof that it can really ma...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 42 weeks ago

Most gems, such as diamonds, rubies and sapphires, are crystalline inorganic and inert materials. Within each crystal structure, the atoms have pre...

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In Genetics and Health - Posted 42 weeks ago

Micrograph images of synthetic Mycoplasma genitalium J Craig Venter and his team at the J Craig Venter Institute Rockville, Md. Venter continue to e...

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