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Genomes and language provide clues on the origin of Homer's classic 
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Researchers from Harvard have now encoded an entire book in molecules of DNA- the building blocks of life.
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This fascinating nugget from Crews et a. (open access) adds to accumulating evidence on the importance of experience induced modification of our genomes that can be passed between generations. (The experiments are on mice, because obviously you don't do this kind of study directly on humans.)
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Male homosexuality is inborn and may be triggered by a gene carried by mothers, new findings suggest.
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Jurassic Park. There, with that obvious reference out of the way, we can get started. Can we actually revive organisms (focusing on animals here) that have gone extinct? How? And how far away is it...
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Scientists have determined that the presence of a particular gene in a person's DNA influences whether or not they can tolerate the smell of pork.
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Vision and hearing are so crucial to our daily lives that any impairments usually become obvious to an affected person.
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In a world where every vote counts the genetics of political behaviour are becoming an increasingly interesting area of science to look at. One that straddles both sides of the fence, incorporating both social and genetic sciences. But without a more robust way of measuring genotype against phenotype (the vast array of complex behavioral traits that rely on an outdated genetic paradigm), it seems a little like robbing Peter to pay Paul.
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What can surnames tell us about the culture, genetics and history of our society?
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A study of recurring DNA snippets in the people of Madagascar calls to mind the phrases that punctuate Wagner’s “Ring” operas.
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‘Double-flowered’ mutation sheds light on the evolution of an iconic bouquet.
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A Siberian woolly mammoth preserved in permafrost could walk the Earth again after 10,000 years, after Russian academics signed a deal with a controversial Korean scientist to clone the animal. Hwang Woo-Suk of South Korea's Sooam Biotech Research Foundation -- who created the world’s first cloned dog, Snuppy, in 2005 -- will implant the nucleus from a mammoth cell into an elephant egg to create a mammoth embryo. The embryo will then be implanted into an elephant’s womb. The Koreans say research could begin this year. Via Wildcat2030, ABroaderView
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It may be possible to one day create "an unlimited source" of human eggs, according to US fertility doctors.
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Researchers have found that a single gene that can help explain what time of day you are likely to die.
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NASA has its sights on launching rockets into space with lasers. "What if..." they're wondering, "shuttles could be sent up using laser beams to heat their fuel from the ground?" Biophysicists in Japan have had a similar idea. They've successfully used lasers to launch genes inside living creatures, with a little help from nanotechnology. If this works in humans, future battles with cancer may be fought by remote control
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Children and even grandchildren of older fathers may live longer than children of younger men.
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A recent paper (Andersen et al , 2012) ties all these facts and shows that prenatal exposure to pesticides could affect risk of cardiovascular disease development later in life. Results from a Danish study, which is a part of an on-going prospective study of the effects of pesticide exposure in early pregnancy on the growth and development in the children, offers important insight.
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Researchers identify how social status in rhesus monkeys affects the way their genes turn on and off.
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Can lost species ever become un-extinct? In the 1993 science fiction film "Jurassic Park," dinosaurs are cloned back to life after their DNA is discovered still intact within the bellies of ancient mosquitoes that were preserved in amber. While the science of cloning is still in its infancy, many scientists now believe it's only a matter of time before many extinct animals again walk the Earth.
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Five-thousand-year-old DNA gives insight into the spread of agriculture across Europe.
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Genetics | Out of all the possible molecules in the world, just two form the basis of life’s grand variety: DNA and RNA. Articles about GENETICS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=genetics
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The first human eggs grown from human stem cells could be fertilized with human sperm cells later this year, potentially revolutionizing fertility treatment for women. This could be one more step on the path toward reproduction sans human interaction — in this case, a potential parent wouldn’t even need to donate her eggs. But it could also turn stem cells into an infinite loop, of egg cells into embryos into stem cells, and on and on, in a fractal-like repetition of reproduction.
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A new hypothesis posed by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, associate professor and colleagues could be a game changer in the evolution arena. According to the hypothesis, evolution pushes microorganisms to lose essential functions when there is another species around to perform them. This idea counters popular evolutionary thinking that living organisms evolve by adding genes rather than discarding them.
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Scientists provide a glimpse at how simple multicellular organisms handle light...
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"Brain neural stem cells derived from human skin cells: these stem cells express typical marker genes of brain neocortical stem cells, such as Pax6 (Red fluorescent labeled), and form a rosette structure resembling the transection of the neural tube."
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