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In an interdisciplinary study, an international research team has combined archaeological, genetic and stable isotope data to shed light on the iconic Battle Axe Culture.

In a world first, scientists have created the human developmental liver cell atlas that provides crucial insights into how the blood and immune systems develop in the fetus.

Researchers have mapped out some of the mechanisms that may affect women's fertility from the teenage years to menopause. These mechanisms largely depend on naturally occurring chromosome errors – errors that vary depending on age group.

Researchers have identified a gene family in cyanobacteria that helps to control carbon dioxide fixation, opening new doors for sustainable biotech production.

DNA metabarcoding provides a promising new method for tracking human plant intake, suggesting that similar approaches could be used to characterize the animal and fungal components of human diets.

A team of scientists has developed a new approach that enables researchers to more efficiently identify the genes that control plant traits. This method will enable plant breeders and scientists to develop more affordable, desirable, and sustainable plant varieties.

In a new study, researchers have found that changes in the function of mitochondrial DNA can accelerate the aging process in ways that are different than previously thought.

In the largest and most diverse genetic study of PTSD to date, scientists from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and more than 130 additional institutions participating in the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium have found that PTSD has a strong genetic component similar to other psychiatric disorders.

For the first time, scientists publish study findings on cattle produced from a genome-edited bull. All calves born were hornless and genotypic and phenotypic analysis demonstrate that the calves were healthy.

Immunotherapy is a promising cancer treatment that uses genetically modified immune cells to fight cancer. However, the process known as transfection to generate genetically engineered immune cells in the laboratory has poor efficiency and may have serious side effects. Now, a research team has successfully invented a novel transfection method to deliver DNA into immune cells with minimal stress on these cells.