A man's claim to be the great-grandson of legendary Native American leader Sitting Bull has been confirmed using DNA extracted from Sitting Bull's scalp lock. This is the first time ancient DNA has been used to confirm a familial relationship...
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Cutibacterium acnes, a bacteria that is known to cause acne, is also widely spread on people with healthy skin. Recent advances in gene sequencing have shown that differences in the genetic background between strains of bacteria may lead to...
Related topics: Acne, Bacteria
The rapid scientific advancements that followed the mapping of the human genome have revealed just how staggeringly complex the world of genetics is. We now know that proteins are not just the products of genes, but that they also interact with...
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Researchers have determined the genetic origins of Asia's most enigmatic mummies. Once thought to be Indo-European speaking migrants from the West, the Bronze Age Tarim Basin mummies are revealed to be a local indigenous population with deep Asian...
A new $9 million grant from Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) will enable advancement of UC San Diego's discovery that inhibiting a single gene in mice converts other cell types directly into new neurons, alleviating all Parkinson's...
Related topics: Parkinson's, Medical Research, Neurons
Race is not genetic. Race is a social and political construct. However, the conflation of race and genetics is one way that racism persists in medicine and research.
Related topics: Medical Research
Dr. Robert Chin, a radiation oncologist with UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, will describe recent research on personalized treatment for HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer - particularly for patients with an inherited variant KRAS gene -...
Related topics: Cancer, Oncology, Medical Research
Whether due to genetics, environmental stressors, or simply aging, thinning locks can be an unfortunate part of life for many. There are a number of treatments and products on the market to combat this issue, ranging from cheap, quick fixes to...
Boiling liquid carries away heat generated by computer servers at a Microsoft datacenter. | Image: Gene Twedt for Microsoft
Microsoft ramped up its commitments today to conserve water and energy in its data centers, laying out new cooling...
Related topics: Microsoft, Servers
New AI model called EVE, developed by scientists at Harvard Medical School and Oxford University, outperforms other AI methods in determining whether a gene variant is benign or disease-causing.
When applied to more than 36 million variants across...
Related topics: Harvard University, Medical Research
Race is not genetic. Race is a social and political construct. However, the conflation of race and genetics is one way that racism persists in medicine and research.
Related topics: Medical Research
Dr. Robert Chin, a radiation oncologist with UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, will describe recent research on personalized treatment for HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer - particularly for patients with an inherited variant KRAS gene -...
Related topics: Cancer, Oncology, Medical Research
The fruit fly, long the organism of choice for scientists studying genetics and basic biological processes, still harbors some secrets of its own.
Findings show that cell-free DNA in cerebrospinal fluid can be used to detect measurable residual disease and identify patients at risk of relapse.
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Genes aren't only inherited through birth. Bacteria have the ability to pass genes to each other, or pick them up from their environment, through a process called horizonal gene transfer, which is a major culprit in the spread of antibiotic...
Related topics: Antibiotics, Bacteria
Lipopolysaccharide, a virulence factor produced by bacteria, is a toxin that can cause a systemic inflammation via the circulation. In a recently completed study, genetic markers were discovered which are associated with a heightened...
Related topics: Bacteria, Medical Research
Researchers performed genome-wide analysis studies (GWAS) to identify genetic elements associated with various diseases. To address inequities in previous GWAS, the team included 180,000 Japanese people and 220 health-related phenotypes in this...
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Researchers have decoded the genome of the mangrove tree, Bruguiera gymnorhiza, and revealed how this species regulates its genes in order to cope with stress. Their findings could one day be used to help other plants be more tolerant to stress.
(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- A prostate cancer gene test accurately identified patients who would ultimately develop distant metastases, die of prostate cancer, or die prematurely of any cause, a biopsy-based analysis showed.
When applied to...
Related topics: Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Oncology, Biopsy
Scientists at Cincinnati Children's appear to have flipped another piece in the underexplored puzzle of male infertility.
Related topics: Medical Research, Infertility, Fertility