Genetics

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Genetics

99.99 percent

Mistakes in DNA testing for paternity happen, but with today's equipment and reagents, the risk of error is practically reduced to zero.

20.02.2019
Genetics

The secret of a long life

Scientists have found in the genome of white sharks genes of proteins responsible for maintaining the stability of the genome, which is associated with the aging process.

19.02.2019
Genetics

Male and female

The same malignant tumor in men and women can occur due to mutations that have arisen for different molecular reasons.

18.02.2019
Genetics

DNA is not a verdict

An excerpt from Stephen Heine's book is about how to understand the results of genetic tests and news about the genes of thinness, depression, crime.

13.02.2019
Genetics

Devil's Lawyers

Not everyone in the scientific community agrees that the propensity for violence can be reduced solely to genetics.

11.02.2019
Genetics

DNA is in danger

How legally did the police use DNA databases to search for criminals, is this an invasion of privacy?

07.02.2019
Genetics

12 loci of age-related diseases

12 DNA sites with 328 mutation variants were associated with the risk of getting sick earlier or later than their peers.

01.02.2019
Genetics

Chronotype and health

Analysis of half a million genomes confirmed the depressiveness of "owls", but did not find a reliable link with obesity and diabetes

30.01.2019
Genetics

Pharmacogenetics

Pharmacogenomics is a young but promising science that began to be put into practice only in the 21st century.

29.01.2019
Genetics

Police Sequencer

A new generation of devices for rapid examination of genetic samples is already changing the work of the police today.

23.01.2019
Genetics

Another cousin

Not only Neanderthals and Denisovans have left their mark on the DNA of modern man, but also a third unidentified species.

21.01.2019
Genetics

Preserved intact

Paleogeneticists have made sure that the percentage of Neanderthal DNA in the genome of Homo sapiens has almost not decreased over the past 45 thousand years.

18.01.2019
Genetics

Hereditary hemochromatosis

What used to be considered a typical manifestation of old age may turn out to be a genetic, but easily curable disease.

18.01.2019
Genetics

Breakthrough of the Year

The breakthrough of 2018 was called by Science magazine a combination of new methods for detailed tracking of the development of individual cells under DNA control.

25.12.2018
Genetics

Age by extracellular DNA

DNA circulating in the blood can be used to determine the difference between biological and chronological age.

24.12.2018