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Regrowing limbs? Gene map of how lizards regrow tails offers insight to human regenerative medicine

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Geneticists have mapped the process by which the green anole lizard can regrow a functional tail. This process may offer ...
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Global food shortage? How advanced breeding could domesticate 50,000 wild, edible plants

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We rely on less than 150 of the world's edible plants for most of our nourishment and just three make ...
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Why do strawberries taste like straw, and can genetics bring flavor back to the big red berry

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The modern supermarket strawberry looks sumptuous but often tastes like...well, straw. With a bit of help from modern genetics, can ...
Malaria vaccine? Genetic engineering turns parasite into vaccine candidate

Malaria vaccine? Genetic engineering turns parasite into vaccine candidate

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By knocking out key genes, researchers have created a version of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite that is harmless yet still ...
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Can the same regulatory systems that now oversee GMOs work for synthetic biology?

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As synthetic biology is poised to leave labs and enter our lives, questions about regulation are cropping up. Can existing ...
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Do cancers act as a DNA time machine?

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Are cancers an evolutionary atavism, revealing the genetic history of humankind? Might physicists be the key to winning the War ...
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Human enhancement upsets extremists on left and right

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The prospects of a fast-approaching Age of Enhancement evokes caution in almost everyone, scientist or otherwise. It has been the ...
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Chimpanzee’s highly heritable intelligence window on human IQ

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General intelligence in chimpanzees appears to be about 50 percent heritable, which lines up with work on the genetics of ...
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Is “reductionism” in behavioral genetics a boon or curse?

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Reductionism haunts modern genetics, but how has this approach — akin to taking apart a watch to see how it ...
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How do hummingbirds find life-sustaining nectar without sweet-taste receptor genes?

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Birds can't taste sweet, they lack all traces of genes for sweet-taste receptors. So how is it that hummingbirds -- ...
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Is epigenetics being exploited by the media?

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Epigenetics has seen a flurry of research and headlines lately, achieving science-buzzword status. But is the immature nature of the ...
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Your brain is making subliminal, near-instantaneous judgements of people based on their faces

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Your brain is making a snap judgement on the trustworthiness of each stranger you see based on their faces -- ...
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Taking ancestry into account with personalized medicine

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A study of Mexican genetics reveals staggering diversity. In an increasingly globalized world, with human populations mixing at unprecedented rates, ...
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Only need four hours of sleep per night? New-found ‘Thatcher’ gene mutation may explain why

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Do you have a friend who can get by on just a few hours of sleep without any ill effects? ...
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10,000 hours of practice leads to mastery? That’s not what our genes say.

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Talent, as encoded in our genes, may mean more than practice when it comes to mastery. Identical twins who practiced ...
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Y chromosome here to stay; ‘Death of Men’ has been greatly exaggerated

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Over the last year, some headlines have claimed that the Y chromosome -- a genetic wasteland which is until recently ...
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Athletes and gay men: Behavioral genetics reveals puzzle pieces, not prophecy

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Every day we are told of a new link between our genes and behavior, from sports to sexuality. How should ...
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Talking about genetic disorders: How much information do we need—or want?

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It may be easy to dismiss appeals to scientific literacy as high-minded, idealistic and impractical; but geneticist Morgan Thompson believes ...
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Epigenetics can drive cancer, may be target for new treatments

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The first direct evidence that epigenetics alone -- tweaks to gene expression -- can drive cancer in mice demonstrates that ...
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Google wants to define health using Big Data

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Google's getting in on the big-genome-analysis game with the "Baseline Project," which seeks to examine gather information (genomic and otherwise) ...
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Largest-ever genetic study of schizophrenia cements genetic links

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By identifying more than 100 new distinct genetic regions associated with schizophrenia, an international team of hundreds of scientists may ...
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NASA says it will find extraterrestrial life soon: Will it be DNA-based?

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NASA says it's closer than ever to finding extraterrestrial life, but if and when scientists find life outside of Earth, ...
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Transgenic, sex-swapped algae reveal potential genetic ‘master switch’ in evolution of the sexes

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An experiment in making sex-swapped algae has unveiled a genetic "master switch" in the evolution of sex differences, one of ...
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Strawberries and lawsuits: Future of favorite fruit hinges on intellectual property

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When one of the world's foremost strawberry breeders decided to leave UC Davis, it sparked a controversy culminating in a ...
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Shaking up science with transgenerational epigenetics and blurred species boundaries

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A "top five ideas shaking up science" list from The Guardian and author Michael Brooks hits on two of the ...
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T-cells trained to fight viruses offer hope for bone marrow transplant patients

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A team at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas has devised a much more efficient method for 'training' killer ...
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Shitty story: Oldest-ever human fossil feces suggests Neanderthal’s omnivory

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Poop is the 'perfect evidence' when it comes to answering questions about diet, and a record-setting new find of fossilized ...
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Changing climates, mixing genes: Global warming may cause an increase in animal hybrids

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A warming climate is shrinking many species' (e.g. polar bears, Bicknell's thrushes) habitats, to their detriment. It's also forcing many ...
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