Genetics

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Genetics

Intimate life of the neighbors in the cave

The "Denisovans", Neanderthals, Cro-Magnons and the yet unidentified fourth human species not only alternately lived in the same cave for more than ten thousand years, but sometimes interbred with each other.

19.12.2013
Genetics

The fattest gene

The study of the genome of family members suffering from pathological obesity has shown that the cause of its development may be the loss of functionality of a single gene.

18.12.2013
Genetics

Liver cancer and diabetes in one defect

Scientists from the University of Michigan have discovered a genetic defect that can provoke the development of the most common type of liver cancer – hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as type 2 diabetes in men.

17.12.2013
Genetics

Not exactly identical twins

With the help of careful genetic analysis, it is possible to accurately distinguish the DNA of identical twins.

12.12.2013
Genetics

"Ancestral memory" found in mice

Epigenetic inheritance through generations is quite common in plants, but much less common in animals. Researchers from Emory University have shown the epigenetic mechanism of memory transmission through a generation of mice – from grandfathers to grandchildren.

02.12.2013
Genetics

FDA vs. 23andMe: Details

The dispute between 23andMe and the FDA, in fact, boils down to the question of whether it is worth giving people free access to their genetic data or whether they are so dangerous that it is better to leave this right only to specialists.

02.12.2013
Genetics

About the benefits of archived data

Having collected a huge number of electronic case histories of various patients, it was possible to establish new coincidences between nucleotide variations in DNA and numerous diseases, including oncological ones.

26.11.2013
Genetics

Suicide markers

American scientists have found "suicide markers" that allow not only to identify people who are prone to suicide, but also to track the emotional state of the patient in dynamics.

25.11.2013
Genetics

Our unknown cousin

A refined DNA analysis of the Denisovans showed that they interbred not only with Neanderthals and our direct ancestors, but also with a hitherto unknown extinct population of ancient people who lived in Asia more than 30 thousand years ago.

22.11.2013
Genetics

Heavy lungs

Half a century ago, the life expectancy of patients with cystic fibrosis – a rare hereditary disease – was about 30 years, but modern treatment can significantly prolong and make a full-fledged life of a person with a "breakdown" of the 7th chromosome.

19.11.2013
Genetics

Do you want to lose weight? Ask the geneticist how!

Siberian scientists have developed a system for determining the predisposition to overweight by nine genetic markers, on the basis of which you can get personal recommendations for combating obesity.

19.11.2013
Genetics

The number of other people's children is greatly exaggerated

The idea of the prevalence in the past centuries in Europe of a situation when deceived husbands, unsuspecting nothing, raise children who are biologically alien to them, is greatly exaggerated, and the situation in this area was not too different from the modern one.

24.10.2013