Homosexual behavior due to genetics and environmental factors June 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world's largest study of twins. | |
 DNA study unlocks mystery to diverse traits in dogs June 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Discovery offers potential benefits for dogs and their owners
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New discovery proves 'selfish gene' exists June 20, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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A new discovery by a scientist from The University of Western Ontario provides conclusive evidence which supports decades-old evolutionary doctrines long accepted as fact. | |
 New route for heredity bypasses DNA January 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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A group of scientists in Princeton's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has uncovered a new biological mechanism that could provide a clearer window into a cell's inner workings. | |
Study helps pinpoint genetic variations in European Americans 9 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
An international team of researchers has identified just 200 positions within the curves of the DNA helix that they believe capture much of the genetic diversity in European Americans, a population with one of the most diverse ... | |
Researchers uncover West Nile's targets August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Screening the entire human genome, a team headed by Yale University scientists have identified several hundred genes that impact West Nile virus infection. The findings reported Wednesday online in the journal Nature ... | |
Cutting the brakes on the immune system August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Your immune system may have more in common with a Corvette than you thought. When a virus or bacteria enters a human body, the immune system revs up to fight and expel the invader. Once the invader is gone, the body puts ... | |
When our protective armor shows weakness August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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New knowledge points to the fact that a genetically induced lack of filaggrin, a key protein of the skin barrier, plays a decisive role in the origin of allergies. In a large study on more than 3000 school-children scientists ... | |
Searching for shut eye: Study identifies possible sleep gene July 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
While scientists and physicians know what happens if you don't get six to eight hours of shut-eye a night, investigators have long been puzzled about what controls the actual need for sleep. Researchers at the University ... | |
Defining DNA differences to track and tackle typhoid July 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
For the first time, next-generation DNA sequencing technologies have been turned on typhoid fever - a disease that kills 600,000 people each year. The results will help to improve diagnosis, tracking of disease spread and ... | |
Genetic mutation identified for eye complaint July 24, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
An international research collaboration including research teams from the Children's Hospital in Boston (USA), King's College London and the Peninsula Medical School, has identified a gene that, when mutated, causes Duane ... | |
Study of dark-skinned mice leads to protein linked to bone marrow failure in humans July 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The study of dark-skinned mice has led to a surprising finding about a common protein involved in tumor suppression, report researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The results may lead to new treatments ... | |
Researchers discover a gene that regulates and blocks ovulation July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A group of Canadian and European researchers have unlocked the mystery of a gene with the potential to both regulate and block ovulation. The new study – a collaboration between the Université de Montréal in Canada and the ... | |
Can you be born a couch potato? July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The key to good health is to be physically active. The key to being active is… to be born that way? The well-documented importance of exercise in maintaining fitness has created the idea that individuals can manage their ... | |
Researchers discover gene signatures for scleroderma July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Distinct genetic profiles can discern different groups of patients with scleroderma, a vexing autoimmune disease in which the body turns against itself, Dartmouth Medical School researchers report. Their discovery of distinguishing ... | |
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