Genetics

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Genetics

The Riddle of the Hungry Winter

For a short time, biologists thought that children born after the "hungry Dutch winter" refuted the dogmas of Darwinism.

19.12.2018
Genetics

Useful chromosome

Scientists have shown that a longer life expectancy in women may be associated with the presence of a second X chromosome.

19.12.2018
Genetics

A new cause of stomach cancer

The loss of just one protein can trigger stomach polyps, and then cancer. And there is no way to compensate for this condition yet.

13.12.2018
Genetics

Long-lived parrots

Analysis of the genome of a parrot of the blue-fronted Amazon species allowed us to identify genes that may be the cause of the longevity of these birds.

07.12.2018
Genetics

The Thrifty gene

Blocking this gene in mice fed excessively high-calorie food helped them not gain weight without physical exertion.

06.12.2018
Genetics

The secret of turtle longevity

The genomes of giant turtles, including Lonely George, told about the secret of the longevity of these animals.

04.12.2018
Genetics

Solving the paradox

Genes that improve the physical condition of men in old age negatively affect the body of older women.

29.11.2018
Genetics

A novel 30 thousand years long

Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens have interbred repeatedly, and for quite a long period of time.

28.11.2018
Genetics

In the footsteps of the unicorn

"Siberian unicorns", along with many other representatives of megafauna, became extinct less than 40,000 years ago, during the last ice age.

28.11.2018
Genetics

Anti-cancer genes

Scientists hope to adapt the mechanism of countering cancer found in "Tasmanian devils" for human treatment.

28.11.2018
Genetics

Incorrect standard

The reference genome obtained during the Human Genome project is 70% based on the genetic material of one person.

27.11.2018
Genetics

Paternal mitochondria

The researchers found nine people from three families who inherited up to 76% of mitochondrial DNA variants from their fathers.

27.11.2018
Genetics

The Key to age-related hearing loss

The gene, a key regulator of the activity of the outer hair cells of the inner ear, is a potential target for the treatment of age–related hearing loss.

26.11.2018
Genetics

Extra genes

Additional mutant copies of the APP gene in patients with Alzheimer's syndrome are 10 times more common than in healthy people.

23.11.2018
Genetics

Synthetically lethal mutations

Russian scientists have summarized data on the possibilities of using three enzymes as targets for targeted anti-tumor therapy.

02.11.2018
Genetics

Picked up…

The evolutionary history of papillomaviruses was traced back to the Neanderthals, who could "reward" our ancestors with them.

02.11.2018
Genetics

The main male protein

Just one protein controls thousands of genes at the stage of development of germ progenitor cells into mature sperm cells.

02.11.2018
Genetics

Stroke risk test

Russian scientists have developed a set of reagents to determine the genetic risk of ischemic stroke.

30.10.2018
Genetics

5 things that define genes

How genes determine the amount of alcohol consumed, why early stress affects our behavior all our lives…

24.10.2018