Tag: Genetics

Genetic uniformity in monocultures could expose us to devastating plant pandemics

The newly mapped dog epigenome reveals similarities to our own, and gives us new insights into diseases and treatments, a…

More and more couples opt for genetic tests on their embryos, looking for a sort of insurance on the future health of the ...

Science takes a step forward in the treatment of diabetes: Insulin can be grown in lettuce and taken via ...

Synthetic human embryos are being produced in laboratories, creating an opportunity to study genetic disorders and the biological causes of repeated…

The human pangenome will be the genetic key to deciphering the causes of diseases and finding more effective treatments.

Harvard genetics professor David Sinclair claims he reversed his aging with a 4-step "plan."

The future of agriculture passes through CRISPR: here's how gene editing can feed the world sustainably and ...

It seemed like a boutade, but Colossal has raised the necessary funds and is preparing for the genetic resurrection of the Woolly Mammoth within ...

A large US study identifies 4 key genes in psychological conditions that lead to an increased risk of suicide.

Data archiving on DNA will allow us to preserve present and future human knowledge in a lasting and ecological way: here ...

The techniques are perfected and the results improve: with the first cloning of an arctic wolf in the world, the ...

A team of researchers has created a new hair loss treatment using genetic modification techniques.

A new genetic modification can increase photosynthesis and uptake of fertilizers in rice, wheat and other crops. The effect is ...

A study by some geneticists and archaeologists has shown that the lineage of man's best friend, the dog, may be ...

The red-hot ash that devastated Pompeii almost 2.000 years ago killed the inhabitants, but it also preserved many ...

The futurologist predicts in her latest book written with a geneticist that being a parent could have very different dynamics in ...

3 faces of Egyptian mummies have been reconstructed from their DNA with a combination of genetics and techniques ...

Scientists have begun to think about creating a woolly elephant-mammoth hybrid, with the first cubs predicted to be six ...

Gene therapies will transform medicine, save millions of lives and cure dozens of diseases, even rare ones. But they will cost ...

Decades to get there, then finally in 2001 the sequencing of the human genome. Was it complete? No. Today, finally a complete sequence. ...