Genetics

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Genetics

The cause of autoimmune diseases is point mutations

English geneticists have discovered mutations associated with autoimmune diseases of the mucous membrane of the digestive tract: ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and celiac disease.

22.02.2017
Genetics

Smoking can be useful

Researchers have found a man for whom smoking has become a kind of "cure" for anemia. Scientists advise using special antioxidants in similar cases.

17.02.2017
Genetics

We are indigenous!

Genetic evidence has been obtained that some peoples, in particular, representatives of the Ulchi people from the Amur region, have been living in one place for almost eight thousand years.

03.02.2017
Genetics

DNA of gemini astronauts

The twins have almost identical genomes and similar life experiences, so NASA experts decided to compare samples of their biological material before and after the flight.

31.01.2017
Genetics

Mitochondrial Medicine Conference

A mini-conference on mitochondrial medicine was held at the I. Kant BFU in Kaliningrad. The results of the research were presented by prominent Russian and foreign scientists.

31.01.2017
Genetics

What can and cannot DNA analysis in criminology

DNA analysis has made a revolution in criminology, but it is important that expectations from this technology are supported not by information from detectives, but by real data.

30.01.2017
Genetics

Why do cartilaginous fish not get cancer?

Scientists have found orthologs of two human genes in sharks and rays, the suppression of which in humans is associated with tumors, whereas in sharks these genes are overexpressed.

30.01.2017
Genetics

Tomatoes used to taste better too…

Scientists have identified genetic changes that caused the degradation of taste and aroma of modern varieties, and have proposed a way to restore tomatoes to their former appetitiveness.

30.01.2017
Genetics

DNA from museum exhibits

The method of DNA extraction from biological samples preserved in alcohol or formalin allows for genomic analysis of rare and extinct animal species.

26.01.2017
Genetics

Cardiology needs genetics

Now in most developed countries of the world, genetic research has become a routine diagnostic method in cardiology and is fully funded by the state.

18.01.2017
Genetics

Negative selection by intelligence level

People with a large number of "intelligence genes" give birth to fewer children and are more likely to remain childless than representatives of the so-called intellectual majority.

17.01.2017
Genetics

Gene analysis at government expense

Artem Elmuratov, one of the co–founders of Genotek, talks about how genetic research will become the basis of Russian medicine in the coming years.

26.12.2016
Genetics

Frost does not matter

Variants of two genes important for adaptation to cold, the Inuit probably inherited from the Denisovan man who lived in Asia several tens of thousands of years ago.

23.12.2016
Genetics

How many chromosomes do you have?

Great apes have 2 more chromosomes than we do. How did it happen that during the evolution of humans, chromosomes were lost? Is something like this happening now?

19.12.2016
Genetics

Genetics of diabetes and obesity

Epidemiologist Nick Warham – on the connection between diabetes and obesity, the study of the genetic causes of these diseases and the development of personalized treatment.

16.12.2016