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Persistent DNA damage in the placenta affects pregnancy outcomes

June 16, 2020 affects, damage, DNA, in, outcomes, Persistent, placenta, pregnancy, the

Scientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have shown that a dysfunctional placenta can play a previously unrecognized role

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Drug with new approach on impeding DNA repair shows promise in first clinical trial

June 16, 2020 approach, clinical, DNA, drug, First, impeding, in, New, on, promise, repair, shows, trial, with

In its first randomized clinical trial, a drug that targets a protein needed by cancer cells to maintain their dogged

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Overfed infants have DNA changes linked to aging, mouse study finds

August 26, 2019 aging, Changes, DNA, finds, Have, infants, Linked, mouse, Overfed, study, to

How much you eat as a baby may determine how you age: Overfed infants have DNA changes normally seen in

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Consumer genetic testing customers stretch their DNA data further with third-party interpretation websites

June 14, 2019 Consumer, Customers, data, DNA, further, Genetic, interpretation, stretch, testing, Their, third-party, websites, with

Back in 2016, Helen (a pseudonym) took three different direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests: AncestryDNA, 23andMe and FamilyTreeDNA. She saw genetic

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Scientists discover a gene that could explain male infertility crisis

April 18, 2019 Could, crisis, DNA, errors, explain, gene, hamper, infertility, male, Scientists, sperm?

Could this gene explain the male infertility crisis? Scientists discover DNA errors that hamper sperm in mice – and it

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How DNA ancestry testing can change our ideas of who we are

April 1, 2019 ancestry, Are, Can, Change, DNA, How, Ideas, of, our, testing, we, Who

Have you ever wondered who you are or where you come from? I think it’s a fundamental human desire to

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Adopted Texas man, 71, meets biological sisters after submitting DNA kit: 'I just lost it'

February 20, 2019 71, Adopted, after, biological, DNA, I, It, just, Kit, lost, man, meets, sisters, submitting, Texas

71-year-old Dennis Blackstone finally found members of his biological family thanks to a DNA testing kit 71-year-old Dennis Blackstone finally

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Extinguishing fear memories relies on an unusual change to DNA

February 19, 2019 an, Change, DNA, Extinguishing, fear, memories, on, relies, to, unusual

QBI researchers have discovered a DNA modification that enhances our ability to extinguish fear. The findings, published in the journal

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Strangers shocked to learn they're sisters through at-home DNA testing kit

February 5, 2019 at-home, DNA, Kit, learn, shocked, sisters, Strangers, testing, They're, Through, to

Phoenix-area women go from total strangers to half-sisters thanks to DNA tests Women learn they share the same biological father

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Scientists cut main heart disease risk locus out of DNA by genome editing

December 6, 2018 By, cut, disease, DNA, editing, genome, heart, locus, main, of, out, risk, Scientists

Over the past decade we’ve learned that billions of people carry a mysterious specter in their DNA that strongly increases

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