Forming genitals in boys requires complex dance between genes and hormones
The most common congenital disorders of all, especially in baby boys, are differences in a newborn’s sexual anatomy that is
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Researchers develop first catalogue of genes that comprise community of microbes in vaginal microbiome
University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) researchers have created the first catalog of genes
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Autism and ADHD share genes
Researchers from the national psychiatric project iPSYCH have found that autism and ADHD share changes in the same genes. The
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Chemical reaction method for more efficient drug production
Researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) in Japan and Mount Allison University in Canada have developed a
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Mouse genetics influences the microbiome more than environment
Genetics has a greater impact on the microbiome than maternal birth environment, at least in mice, according to a study
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Epic research endeavor reveals cause of deadly digestive disease in children
Nearly 10 years ago, a group of Israeli clinical researchers emailed Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) geneticist Len Pennacchio
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Researchers discriminate between mutations that promote cancer growth and those that don’t
Until now, researchers believed recurrent mutations (hotspot mutations) in cancer tumors were the important mutations (driver mutations) that promoted cancer
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Once thought to be asexual, single-celled parasites caught in the act: Studying Leishmania parasites’ offspring could lead to improved treatment for deadly infections
Even single-celled organisms desire partners every now and then. Leishmania — single-celled parasites that cause infections of the skin and
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Big energy savings for tiny machines
Inside all of us are trillions of tiny molecular nanomachines that perform a variety of tasks necessary to keep us
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Mining 25 years of data uncovers a new predictor of age of onset for Huntington disease
Investigators at the University of British Columbia (UBC)/Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics (CMMT) and BC Children’s Hospital have examined
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