Single Gene Swap Transfers Courtship Behavior Between Two Species For The First Time
Researchers have engineered a courtship ritual from one species of fruit fly into another using genetic modification. A…
An Evolutionary Conundrum: Genome Of Red Devil Spiders Shrank To 1.7 Billion Base Pairs After Colonizing The Canary Islands
When red devil spiders ventured down the Atlantic and arrived on the Canary Islands, their genome dramatically shrank…
Genome-wide association studies of lifetime and frequency of cannabis use in 131,895 individuals
United Nations Office on Drug and Crime. Booklet 3 – drug market trends of cannabis and opioids. Vienna;…
Cause for Hope in Huntington’s Disease (Podcast)
A complex illness with no known cure, Huntington’s disease profoundly affects people in three life realms: physical and…
The rise of consumer eugenics
In a recent interview with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat, Noor Siddiqui, founder of the Silicon Valley…
Scientists finally read the hidden DNA code that shapes disease
For centuries, scientists have noticed that certain illnesses seem to pass from one generation to the next, a…
Meta-analysis reveals differences in somatic alterations by genetic ancestry across common cancers
Genetic ancestry is a quantitative measure of inherited genetic variation and correlates with human migration patterns1. It contributes…
Expert Leads AI and Cybersecurity Breakthrough for Rare Genetic Diseases – THISDAYLIVE
By Tosin Clegg Nigerian researcher and cloud security engineer, Innocent Opara, has produced a groundbreaking systematic review that…
Massive Genetic Study Reveals Insights into Reading Difficulty, Dyslexia
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Germany, and other…
Genetic screening reveals baby’s ‘out of the blue’ cancer
Within days of finding the genetic abnormality, Freddie was seen at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, where a a tumour…
Sex-Specific FT Genes Impact Cannabis and Hops Blooming
In a groundbreaking study published in BMC Genomics, researchers have unveiled new insights into the complex genetic underpinnings…
New Alzheimer’s Mutation Weakens Brain’s Immune Defense
Summary: A new study has identified a mutation in the TREM2 gene that disrupts the brain’s ability to…