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Rapid growth of blood cancer driven by a single genetic ‘hit’

A new study has unveiled when chronic myeloid leukaemia, a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow,…

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Mammoth genetic diversity throughout the last million years

A new genomic study has uncovered long-lost genetic diversity in mammoth lineages spanning over a million years, providing new insights…

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Researchers identify growing list of genetic disorders treatable before or immediately after birth

Researchers from Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School and Duke University School of Medicine have identified nearly 300 genetic disorders…

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Genetic predisposition to sedentary behavior increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases

Although sedentary behaviour may be an evolutionarily selected trait, it is still important to try to be physically active, says…

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Novel genomic screening tool enables precision reverse-engineering of genetic programming in cells

Collaborative research led by investigators at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center defines a novel approach to understanding how…

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Pancreatic cells ‘remember’ epigenetic precancerous marks without genetic sequence mutations

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic “marks” in a transition state between normal…

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A genetic tree as a movie: Moving beyond the still portrait of ancestry

University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for such wide-ranging applications as tracing your…

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Part of the genetic risk for schizophrenia acts through the placenta

The study, which involved 28 researchers from 18 institutions across Europe and the United States, highlights the placenta as a…

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Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before…

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Beneficial genetic changes observed in regular blood donors

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified genetic changes in blood stem cells from frequent blood donors that support…

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