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- Life
Fat cells also linked to prion infection
Disease-causing misfolded proteins at home in a growing list of tissues, organs.
- Life
Funny smell may have split bee species
Among male bees that create their own perfume, a change in the sense of smell might mean a split in species.
- Health & Medicine
Bone density may be determined in the gut
A surprising new connection between the gut and bones may lead to new forms of treatment for human bone diseases such as osteoporosis.
- Life
Protein crucial in preventing Parkinson’s
By destroying bad mitochondria, Parkin protects cells
- Health & Medicine
Neandertals, gut microbes and mail-order ancestry tests
Geneticists weigh in during the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics.
- Earth
Minerals evolved along with life
Turns out, the variety and number of minerals in the solar system and on Earth have increased through time, and some minerals exist because Earth has life.
- Psychology
A genetic pathway to language disorders
Researchers suspect a newly uncovered regulatory link between two genes contributes to language impairments in a range of developmental disorders.
- Chemistry
First complete cancer genome sequenced
With the entire genome sequence of a tumor now in hand, scientists may be able to start answering basic questions about cancer.
- Life
The Iceman’s mysterious genetic past
Scientists say that they have identified the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the 5,000-year-old Tyrolean Iceman, whose body was found protruding from a glacier in 1991.
- Health & Medicine
Malaria takes on the top meds
Malaria is thwarting frontline drugs called artemisinins in Cambodia.
- Health & Medicine
Closest look yet at lung cancer genes
A large study offers clues to the genetics behind lung cancer.
- Life
A better understanding of inherited breast cancer
New studies on a type of inherited breast cancer identify a key factor with different roles in different cancers.
