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Some of the first biological evidence of the incongruence transgender individuals experience, because their brain indicates they are one sex and their body another, may have been found in estrogen receptor pathways in the brain of 30 transgender individuals.

Almost two thousand seven hundred whole-genomes of cancer have now been sequenced and analyzed as part of the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium – the most comprehensive study of whole-genomes to date. Newly discovered genetic “fingerprints” will help researchers identify previously unknown causes of cancer and will help guide future strategies to diagnose and treat this extremely complex disease.

In a study published in the journal PLOS Genetics, a team led by University of Michigan plant ecological geneticist Regina Baucom used genome-wide scans to identify nontarget-site glyphosate resistance in the common morning glory, an annual vine that is a noxious agricultural weed.

An elaborate system of filaments, liquid droplet dynamics and protein connectors enables the repair of some damaged DNA in the nuclei of cells, according to a new study.

Researchers have discovered a fundamental mechanism that regulates gene activity in cells by targeting RNA.

Researchers have discovered an RNA molecule called PRECSIT. They found that the molecule regulates the growth and invasion of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.

Decade-long structural studies by Fang Li of the University of Minnesota, et al. have shown how the SARS virus (SARS-CoV) interacts with animal and human hosts in order to infect them. The mechanics of infection by the Wuhan coronavirus appear to be similar.

New research has found that rates of disease caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae could be substantially reduced by changing our approach to vaccination.

On January 29, 2020, the Institut Pasteur, which is responsible for monitoring respiratory viruses in France, sequenced the whole genome of the coronavirus known as "2019-nCoV", becoming the first institution in Europe to sequence the virus since the start of the outbreak.

After sequencing the Neanderthal genome, scientists discovered all present day non-African individuals carry some Neanderthal ancestry in their DNA. Now, researchers at Princeton University present evidence of Neanderthal ancestry in African populations too, and its origin provides new insights into human history.