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How anti-Semitism shaped the genes of Jewish people

Ricki Lewis | 
Evidence of past outrages is not only in the history books. It's also written in our genomes ...
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Fighting climate change with gene editing: Can we slash cows’ methane production?

Patrick Whittle | 
Preventing ruminant methane from being produced in the first place seems a sensible way to limit its damaging effects ...
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‘De novo genes’: How natural selection creates new genes from nothing

Adam Levy | 
In the depths of winter, water temperatures in the ice-covered Arctic Ocean can sink below zero. That’s cold enough to ...
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Did whales gain the ability to live in the water by shedding genes?

Tina Saey | 
Like stripping down to swim, the ancestors of whales and dolphins may have shed some genes during their transition from ...
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Harmless mutations may cause serious illnesses when combined together, case study shows

Chia-Yi Hou | 
In 2008, pediatric cardiologist Deepak Srivastava treated a newborn baby who suffered from acute heart failure and had to be put on ...
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Life after death? Some genes turn on after we die, and we don’t know why

Kate Golembiewski | 
“We really know nothing about what happens when you die,” says Peter Noble, a former professor at the University of ...
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How the quest to bake a better banana bread helps us understand GMOs

Lucy Stitzer | 
A simple analogy can help explain how genetic modification works ...
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Congress considers allowing gene patents to keep pace with Chinese innovations

Megan Molteni | 
In 2013, the Supreme Court unanimously struck down patents on two human genes—BRCA1 and BRCA2—associated with breast and ovarian cancers ...
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Podcast: Did a legendary train ride really lead to the rediscovery of Mendel’s laws?

Kat Arney | 
A Victorian scientist's train ride to London leads to the rediscovery of Mendel's laws of inheritance, Nice story, but is ...
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Video: What does it mean to ‘turn on’ a gene?

Alla Katsnelson | 
In the murky darkness, blue and green blobs are dancing. Sometimes they keep decorous distances from each other, but other ...
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Fathers who exercise may also improve the genetics of their children, study suggests

Emma Betuel | 
A positive perception of regular exercise may be one of the more lasting gifts a parent can give their children. But there’s ...
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Searching for a ‘fountain of youth’ in our genes

Explorers have dreamt for centuries of a Fountain of Youth, with healing waters that rejuvenate the old and extend life ...
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Searching for genetic links to suicidal thoughts and behavior

Rona Strawbridge | 
New genetic research could help identify those most at risk of suicide ...
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Can genetics help explain why some people make more money than others?

Megan Molteni | 
The UK Biobank is the single largest public genetic repository in the world... . But when David Hill, a statistical ...
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Being poor ‘leaves a mark’ on 10 percent of your genes

Rachel Beals | 
The cycle of poverty isn’t just an economist’s tag slapped on repeat generations of poor, it is actually changing genetics ...
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Gene therapy could be revolutionary—if we can figure out how to pay for it

James Paton | 
Dozens of revolutionary gene therapies that mend faulty strands of DNA are on their way, bringing the power to eliminate ...
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Testing human intelligence by putting our brain genes in monkeys

Antonio Regalado | 
Human intelligence is one of evolution’s most consequential inventions. It is the result of a sprint that started millions of ...
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Can we blame our genetics for overeating?

Ben Locwin | 
Are eating habits a matter of choice and discipline? What role do our genetics play in determining how much and ...
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This woman feels almost no pain. Could her genes lead to new treatment for chronic sufferers?

Jacquelyn Corley | 
Doctors in Scotland were amazed when a 66-year-old woman underwent what is normally a very painful operation on her hand ...
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Is it easier to get cancer than previously thought?

Miguel Coelho | 
[C]ancer might arise more easily than previously thought. By doing experiments on both yeast cells and on human cells in ...
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Viewpoint: Creation of synthetic DNA demands ethical boundaries for its use

John Loike, Robert Pollack | 
A study published [February 21] expands the redesign of the 4-billion-year-old genetic code from a four-nucleotide base-pair alphabet to an eight-base-pair ...
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Why a happy marriage might be influenced by genetics

Henry Bodkin | 
The secret to a happy marriage lies in the genes, scientists have discovered, as new research finds a predisposition not to be ...
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Ouch! Why is pain so much worse for some of us?

Erin Young | 
Exploring how pain differs from person to person ...
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Yes, genes do shape our behavior, but in complicated ways

Kevin Mitchell | 
Are psychological traits definitely determined by genes? ...
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Could your genes ‘nudge’ you towards risky behavior?

A massive new study that included data from more than a million people suggests that genetics may nudge some individuals ...
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Genes or environment? Twins study offers ‘unsatisfying answer’ when it comes to disease

Carolyn Johnson | 
It’s the next chapter in the nature-nurture debate: To keep people healthy, is it better to focus on people’s Zip ...
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How do genetics and luck mix to determine life’s winners and losers?

Michael Shermer | 
Let’s begin with a question: Why do some people succeed in life while others fail? Is it because they are ...
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