Study of Mitochondrial DNA Ties Ancient Remains to Living Descendants
Researchers report that they have found a direct genetic link between the remains of Native Americans who lived thousands of years ago and their living...
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Scientists transplant lab-grown human liver
Japanese scientists announced a major advance in regenerative medicine Wednesday after rudimentary liver ‘buds’ that were grown in a lab and transplanted into mice showed...
Fertility drug appears to stop Ebola virus
A class of drugs that includes treatments for breast cancer and infertility appears able to inhibit the deadly, incurable Ebola virus, new research suggests. As...
New Mechanism for Human Gene Expression Discovered
In a study that could change the way scientists view the process of protein production in humans, University of Chicago researchers have found a single...
Tiny Eye Telescope Brings Back A World Of Sight
This tiny telescope gets implanted in one eye and magnifies the image to make up for "holes" in the person's vision. It can greatly improve...
A 700.000 year old horse gets its genome sequenced
It is nothing short of a world record in DNA research that scientists at the Centre for GeoGenetics at the Natural History Museum of Denmark...
Breakthrough discovery into the regulation of a key cancer drug target
There’s not much difference between what makes a man and what makes his beer - at least at the molecular level - according to a...