The first complete map of a platypus genome has been released recently, and it is in every way strange as you see a creature with 10 sex chromosomes, a pair of venomous …
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Scientists have found a secretly hidden ‘gene with a gene’ in SARS-CoV-2
Researchers have uncovered a mysterious gene in the genetic code of the coronovirus SARS-COV-2 – a fragment hidden from view in the virus’s genome, and largely unexplored until now. Newly identified gene …
Read More »NIH researchers identify genes in mice that control food craving, desire for exercise
News release November 5, 2020 Thursday what Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a gene in mice that controls the craving for fatty and sugary foods and the desire …
Read More »A particular type of DNA in the owl’s eye may be a ‘lens’ that is supercharged night vision.
Owls are one of the rare avian predators that hold their prey by night, and new research suggests that the way DNA molecules are packaged in their eyes has something special, making …
Read More »Female moles develop testicles to fight through their cruel underground existence
If any animal understands the horrors of trench warfare, it must be mole. Facing with an enemy, there is no time for happiness. No hiding place Aggression is all that matters. To …
Read More »Some fish can revive their eyes. As revealed, mammals also have those genes
Damage to the retina is the leading cause of blindness in humans, affecting millions of people worldwide. Unfortunately, the retina is one of the few tissues that we humans cannot get back. …
Read More »A historical epidemic is making a scary comeback due to bacterial ‘clones’
Once a leading cause of child deaths throughout the Western world, scarlet fever was almost erased for 20th-century medicine. But we still have a long way to go from recent outbreaks in …
Read More »Severe coronavirus risk was associated with the Neanderthal gene since 60,000 years ago
Not long ago, in the south of Europe, at least one encounter took place between modern humans and Neanderthals, resulting in children. While the disputes between our two species are now well …
Read More »The largest study of its kind identifies 41 gene variants that are linked as being left-wing.
This is a question that is surprisingly difficult to answer: Why are most of us right-handed, some of us left-handed, and some less ambiguous? Can we pinpoint our genes, or is it …
Read More »Gene editing of the fetus is not safe or effective for clinical use, however, the report states
According to a report released on Thursday by an international commission, gene-editing techniques are not ready for use in human embryos to create pregnancy as scientists are yet to make precise improvements …
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