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Average Age at Conception for Men Versus Women Revealed
A new method that uses DNA mutations can be used to determine the average age of conception for men and women across the past 250,000 years.
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Coaxing Fungi Into Revealing Their Best-Kept Secrets
Using an approach that simultaneously modifies multiple sites in fungal genomes, scientists coax fungi into revealing their best-kept secrets, ramping up the pace of new drug discovery.
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Science Is Becoming “Less Disruptive”
A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota, published in Nature, suggests that science and technology are becoming less “disruptive”.
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Tiny Ocean Bacteria Exchange Genetic Information Even From a Distance
New research reveals that tiny ocean bacteria exchange genetic information with one another, even when widely separated, by a previously undocumented mechanism.
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Newly Discovered CRISPR Immune System Shuts Down Infected Cells To Thwart Infection
Scientists have described the structure and function of a newly discovered CRISPR immune system that — unlike better-known CRISPR systems that deactivate foreign genes to protect cells — shuts down infected cells to thwart infection.
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Genotype-First Approach Uncovers New Links to Genetic Conditions
Researchers have published an assessment of 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care that contrasts with the typical phenotype-first approach to clinical research, which starts with clinical findings.
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How Humans Lost Their Body Hair
A first-of-its-kind comparison of genetic codes from 62 animals is beginning to tell the story of how people, and other mammals, lost their locks.
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Ancient DNA Reveals Clues for Scandinavia’s Genetic History
Researchers have studied ancient and modern Scandinavian genomes to understand the region's ancestry and gene flow over the past 2,000 years.
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Nasal Swabs Could Help To Detect Unexpected Pathogens
Nasal swabs used to test for an antiviral protein made by the body could help to detect unexpected, potentially dangerous pathogens.
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Ancestors of the CRISPR-Cas System Are Reconstructed
For the first time, researchers have reconstructed ancestors dating back 2.6 billion years of the well-known CRISPR-Cas system and studied their evolution over time.
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