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Scientists solve 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotine

Genetic survey exposes flaws in widely used mouse models

Global DNA study: where you live may change how fast you age

One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible

Scientists used AlphaFold3 to crack the genome of the T1 phage, a notorious lab pest that ruins experiments

Researchers have identified a genetic link to a well-known heart condition that could help patients avoid amputations

Evolutionary Anthropology: "Burn Selection: How Fire Injury Shaped Human Evolution." A new study argues that over a million years of domestic fire use exposed humans to recurring fire burn injury, driving accelerated genetic evolution in our wound-healing and inflammatory pathways.

Researchers report rare case of brain tumor linked to AAV gene therapy integration in child treated for Hurler syndrome

Comprehensive phenotypic, physiological, and genetic analyses reveal stronger seedling-stage drought tolerance in Xian/indica than Geng/japonica rice

Study uncovers more than 1000 genetic switches that operate differently in female immune cells, helping explain why women are more likely to be diagnosed with an autoimmune disease than men

Reconstructing the west-east genetic division in Indonesia using ancient genomes

Pleiotropic conflict, where a genetic locus has antagonistic effects on different traits

Silencing a major cellular stress signal could be the key to a longer life, according to a new study on tens of thousands of fruit flies

Massive Ancient-DNA Study Reveals Natural Selection Has Accelerated in Recent Human Evolution

Narcissism runs in families, but it is almost entirely due to genetics, according to a new extended twin family analysis

Red hair gene favoured by natural selection over last 10,000 years, study finds | Evolution

100,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fossils in Poland Reveal Unexpected Genetic Connections

Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia [pdf]

FDA approves first gene therapy for treatment of genetic hearing loss

A single-nucleotide enhancer mutation overrides chromosomal sex to drive XX male development

Skin conditions such as psoriasis often flare up in the same spots throughout one’s life

Japan to ban gene-edited embryos aimed at creating "designer babies"

All 5 units of life's genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample

Genetic predictors of GLP1 receptor agonist weight loss and side effects

Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to produce five powerful psychedelic compounds normally found in other plants, fungi and animals in a single crop.

Healthcare AI Firm Sued Over Alleged Unlawful Disclosures of Genetic Data

Large-scale analysis of 15,836 ancient West Eurasians detects consistent trends in allele frequency change, showing many hundreds of alleles under strong directional selection the past 10,000 years, including variants that today predict complex traits such as body fat…

Newly discovered bacterial defense system challenges genetic code's central dogma: Stanford University team describes a bacterial enzyme that synthesizes DNA without a nucleic acid template…

A rare genetic disorder (ADCY5) causing severe involuntary nighttime movements, often misdiagnosed as cerebral palsy, was treated with a high-dose caffeine

The evolutionary origins of multiple sclerosis : the disappearance of helminths (intestinal worms) from our regions, combined with a genetic susceptibility inherited from our ancestors of the Pontic-Caspian steppe, could explain the increase in cases of multiple sclerosis.

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