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 »Super rare ‘elite controllers’ are able to completely overcome HIV without any drugs.
A decade ago, Bruce Walker was working at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) when he was asked to see a patient who claimed to have been infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but …
Read More »We finally know what killed the woolly rhinos, and they were not people
A woolly brown rhinoceros weighing two tons that roamed northeast Siberia before mysteriously disappearing about 14,000 years ago. Did it die due to humans, or due to the climate of the time? …
Read More »Genomic studies show that New Zealand’s Tuatara is like no other animal on the planet
In the evolutionary tree of life, lizard-like tufts from New Zealand are on a branch for all. In the time of the dinosaurs, this extraordinary animal had a lot of relatives around …
Read More »The NIH-funded project creates an encyclopedia detailing the internal workings of the human and mouse genome
News release Wednesday, July 29, 2020 The third phase of the ENCODE project provides new insights into the organization and regulation of our genes and genomes. The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) …
Read More »A mutated Neanderthal gene may make some people more susceptible to pain
Scattered through the genome of humans around the world we can find the remains of a Neanderthal lineage. In some, it gives flexibility to disease, or even a unique head shape. Very …
Read More »Here’s how scientists know that coronavirus was not made in a lab
One of the conspiracy theories that thwarted attempts to keep people informed during the epidemic is the idea that coronavirus was made in a laboratory. But most scientists studying the virus agree …
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