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2,451 results for: mutations

  1. Rust Never Sleeps

    A new flare-up in an age-old battle between wheat and a fungal killer.

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  2. Evolution’s Wedges

    Finding the genes that drive one species into two.

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  3. Life

    Undereducated immune cells get aggressive with HIV

    Scientists discover a mechanism that makes some people resistant to infection with the AIDS virus.

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  4. Health & Medicine

    Gene linked to pain perception

    A common genetic variant that appears to increase sensitivity could lead to the development of better medications.

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  5. Archaeology

    Skeleton of Western man found in ancient Mongolian tomb

    A genetic analysis of a skeleton from an ancient Asian tomb illuminates the spread of Indo-Europeans.

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  6. Humans

    BPA induces sterility in roundworms

    Bisphenol A does a real number on the genes responsible for successful reproduction in a 1-millimeter-long soil-dwelling roundworm. And that suggests BPA might pose similar risks to people because geneticists are finding that this tiny critter can be a remarkably useful “lab rat” — predicting impacts in mammals, including us.

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  7. Health & Medicine

    Vital flaw

    Liver cells that inherit the wrong number of chromosomes often do just fine, and may even have some advantages.

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  8. Health & Medicine

    What’s missing may be key to understanding genetics of autism

    A large study of people with the developmental disorder reveals the importance of extremely rare variations in genes, making each case a bit different.

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  9. Health & Medicine

    Childhood leukemia worsened by genetic mutations

    Mutations in JAK genes make childhood leukemia more dangerous and may offer a target for drug manufacturers.

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  10. Book Review: The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution in Personalized Medicine by Francis S. Collins

    Review by Rachel Zelkowitz.

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  11. Health & Medicine

    Newly discovered antibodies may boost AIDS vaccine research

    Inducing production of these potent HIV neutralizers will pose a challenge.

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  12. Life

    Disabling cellular assassin prevents cancer

    A counterintuitive experiment may help explain why survivors are more vulnerable to other malignancies later in life.

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