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New Tyrannosaurus was smaller, more graceful cousin of T.Rex
We have found a lost cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, and it was a far more graceful creature than its more ...
Leukemia type can be detected by the shape of DNA’s packaging in nucleus
When someone has leukaemia, differences in how their genome is folded up into the nucleus of their cells can reveal ...
Protein in young blood fights aging
A protein in blood can repair age-related damage in the brains and muscles of old mice, returning them to a ...
Pig heart transplants successful in baboons, offer hope for human organ shortage
The unprecedented survival of pig hearts in four baboons for almost 600 days has revived hopes that animal organs could ...
Genetic advantage may be why farming societies displaced hunter-gatherers
How did farming take over the world? One theory is that farming was such an evidently good idea that it ...
Gene therapy can restore hearing to deaf poeple
In two months' time, a group of profoundly deaf people could be able to hear again, thanks to the world's ...
Depressed people may produce too much of a damaging neuroprotein
Post-mortem analysis of brain tissue has shown that the dendrites that relay messages between neurons are more shrivelled in people ...
Mechanism for epigenetic inheritance found in sperm
A solution may be nigh to one of the biggest mysteries of biology – how the effects of a person's ...
Alzheimer’s gene risk varies by sex
Carrying a copy of the "Alzheimer's gene" doesn't significantly raise a man's risk of developing the disease. The gene does ...
Woman receives bio-engineered vagina
She was 18 when she was diagnosed with the rare disorder Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKHS). The same year, she was one ...
Severe childhood stress ages chromosomes decades
Children growing up in severely disadvantaged circumstances can experience drastic chromosome ageing. By the time they are 9 years old ...
More stem cell papers questioned: Why is the field so vulnerable?
It is too soon to say whether two papers reporting the results will have to be retracted. But for stem ...
Map of how DNA controls cells may boost gene therapies
The clearest map yet of how genes control cells to make our bodies work has been drawn up. The map ...
New bipolar treatments possible with stem cell model of disease
Skin cells taken from people with bipolar disorder have been turned into brain cells. These in turn are offering up ...
Facing the limits of DNA-based mug shots
It's being dubbed "molecular photofitting": producing an image of a suspect's face from DNA left at the crime scene. New ...
Genetic mug shots created from DNA samples
Using a new technique, researchers can build photorealistic 3d images of people, virtual mugshots, based on just their DNA ...
DNA evidence suggests humans drove New Zealand bird species to extinction
DNA says we are guilty. Early human settlers probably did wipe out the moas of New Zealand. Moa DNA suggests ...
First test to predict Alzheimer’s years in advance
The world's first blood test to predict Alzheimer's disease before symptoms occur has been developed. The test identifies 10 chemicals ...
Triple-threat GM rice protects against drought, salty soils and lack of fertilizer
For the first time, a single strain of genetically modified rice has been developed to handle drought, salty soils and ...
Superfemale mice have secret male DNA
Even by mouse standards, the African pygmy mouse is tiny. It weighs just 5 grams, and is little more than ...
Secrets of a cold–It helps explain why we have skin and bones
Next time you have a cold, rather than cursing, maybe you should thank the virus for making your skin. Genes ...
Evolutionary civil war of sperm production
"I thought, 'Oh my god, I have mixed all the samples, I have made a massive mistake here'. And I ...
Sequencing genes IDs rare illnesses and may, eventually, help with other health issues
Born prematurely, Lillian Yuska struggled to feed, and she suffered from chronic gastrointestinal problems and repeated infections. After years of ...
Ancestry of first Americans revealed by a boy’s genome
We may never know who the Anzick child was. Why he died, just 3 years old, in the foothills of ...
Acid bath stem cell method may work for human cells
Scientists may have used the newly-discovered environmental stress method for inducing pluripotency in human cells. This could change everything ...
Ouch! Epigenetic changes dial your pain threshold up or down
If you flinch where others merely frown, you might want to take a look at your lifestyle. That's because environmental ...
Neanderthal DNA traces found in African people
Call it humanity's unexpected U-turn. One of the biggest events in the history of our species is the exodus out ...
Acid bath reverts adult cells to pluripotent state
A little stress is all it took to make new life from old. Adult cells have been given the potential ...
