Evolution

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Thomas Nichols
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Genetics
Evolutionary flaws disprove the theory of intelligent design
phys.org - Bjarne Røsjø
Evolution has produced countless amazing life forms, but you need look no further than to the human body to find examples showing that evolution has …
23 hours ago
New Scientist
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Science
Neanderthal DNA linked to higher fertility in modern humans
newscientist.com - By Colin Barras
A chunk of Neanderthal DNA carried by some people living today appears to reduce the chance of miscarriage and promote fertility. The finding is the …
Now
Live Science
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Science
Oldest 'nearly complete' HIV genome found in forgotten tissue sample from 1966
Live Science - Stephanie Pappas
The oldest known nearly complete gene sequence from the HIV strain that spread across the world has been found in a tissue sample from the Democratic …
18 hours ago
Daily Mail
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Science
One in three European women inherited a Neanderthal fertility gene
dailymail.co.uk - By Ryan Morrison For Mailonline
A third of women living in Europe inherited a gene from Neanderthals that increases fertility and reduces the risk of miscarriage in early pregnancy, …
4 hours ago
Inverse
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Science
New Neanderthal report helps explain why “they were a lot like us”
Inverse - Sarah Sloat
Scientific evidence peoposes that most humans, to some degree, are a little bit Neanderthal. While anthropologists long speculated that Homo sapiens …
2 hours ago
Sam
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Science
1 gene may unlock the mystery of cancer metastasis - Futurity
futurity.org - Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller
Our own pre-existing genetics can promote cancer metastasis, researchers report. Sometimes cancer stays put, but often it metastasizes, spreading to …
18 hours ago
BBC Science Focus Magazine
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Science
Huntington’s disease can be detected in the brain 24 years before symptoms show
sciencefocus.com - Alexander McNamara
The findings could help with clinical trials by identifying the ideal time to start treating the disease, scientists said. The earliest brain changes …
2 hours ago
BBC Science Focus Magazine
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Science
Human speech has 'ancient roots within primate communication'
sciencefocus.com - Sara Rigby
Chimpanzee lip smacks follow the rhythm of human speech, a study has found. Lip smacks made by chimpanzees follow a rhythm similar to human speech, …
2 hours ago
Public Relations
Social determinants of health and survival in humans and other animals
sciencemag.org - science.sciencemag.org
AAAS login provides access to Science for AAAS members, and access to other journals in the Science family to users who have purchased individual …
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AlterNet
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Biology
Humanity's impact is threatening nearly 50 billion years of evolutionary history: study
alternet.org - Andrea Germanos
Human activities threaten to saw off branches of the “tree of life”—putting irreplaceable species at risk of extinction. So finds a study published …
14 hours ago
Biotechnology
Molecular patterns in salivary duct carcinoma identify prognostic subgroups
nature.com - Simon A. Mueller, Marie-Emilie A. Gauthier, James Blackburn, John P. Grady, Spiridoula Kraitsek, Elektra Hajdu, Matthias S. Dettmer, Jane E. Dahlstrom, C. Soon Lee, Peter P. Luk, Bing Yu, Roland Giger, Sarah Kummerfeld, Jonathan R. Clark, Ruta Gupta, Mark J. Cowley
Salivary duct carcinoma (SDCa) is a rare cancer with high rate of metastases and poor survival despite aggressive multimodality treatment. This study …
22 hours ago
Physics
Coherent synchrotron radiation wake expressions with two bending magnets and simulation results for a multiturn energy-recovery
aps.org - journals.aps.org
Geometry for case A. Point P and P′ are labeled by yellow dots. The blue curve is the path traversed by electrons. These conventions apply to all …
18 hours ago
Daily Mail
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Science
Chimps smack their lips together to talk to each other
dailymail.co.uk - By Luke Andrews For Mailonline Victoria Allen for the Daily Mail
Chimpanzees smack their lips together at almost the same speed as chattering humans, a study has revealed. Primatologists found the striking …
14 hours ago
Science
Chromosomal speciation in wild house mice
phys.org - University of Konstanz
Alterations to chromosomes are considered important in speciation (the process by which new species are formed). This is because several chromosomal …
20 hours ago
Genetics
Taming CRISPR's collateral damage
phys.org - Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
CRISPR-Cas9 can alter genes at pre-defined sites in specific ways, but it does not always act as planned. An LMU team has now developed a simple …
1 hour ago
IKITO
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Science
Study shows patients with hemorrhagic brain disease have disordered gut microbiomes
eurekalert.org - University of Chicago Medical Center
Results of the study, the first of its kind in any human neurovascular disease, have implications for treating cavernous angioma A new study shows …
9 hours ago
Science X Network
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Science
Directed protein evolution with CRISPR-Cas9
phys.org - Max Planck Society
"Directed evolution" is the process by which scientists produce tailor-made proteins for cell biology, physiology and biomedicine in the laboratory. …
21 hours ago
sandra opp
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Dogs
When dogs begin to walk with humans
nature.com - Nature Research Ecology & Evolution Community
My brother has a toy poodle. She has quite a unique, the family often describe as "difficult", personality. When they take her out to places other …
1 day ago
Casper Schougaard
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Endangered Species
'Billions of years of evolutionary history' under threat
BBC News - By Helen Briggs
Scientists say more than 50 billion years of cumulative evolutionary history could be lost as humans push wildlife to the brink. "Weird and wonderful" animals unlike anything else on Earth are sliding
1 day ago
Pierre Guerin
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Genetics
Genetic Mutation Appears to Link COVID-19 to Dementia, Study Finds
The Daily Beast - Jamie Ross
Dementia is one of the most common underlying health conditions in people who have died from the novel coronavirus in England and Wales—now British …
1 day ago
CNN
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Nature
Human activity threatens billions of years of evolutionary history, researchers warn
CNN - By Amy Woodyatt, CNN
(CNN) — Human activity could drive extinction and destroy billions of years of evolutionary history, which has produced remarkable creatures such as the punk-haired Mary River turtle, the yellow eyed Aye
1 day ago
The Seattle Times
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Health
Genetic analysis raises more questions about the history of Washington state’s coronavirus outbreak
seattletimes.com
A Snohomish County man initially believed to be the country’s first COVID-19 patient was probably not the source of the coronavirus outbreak in …
1 day ago
Lordbrega
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Science
Newly identified gene may have contributed to rapid evolution of COVID-19
news-medical.net - Sally Robertson, B.Sc.
An international team of researchers has identified a previously uncharacterized gene within the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …
1 day ago
IKITO
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Health
Stand up to Cancer hails FDA approval of olaparib for advanced prostate cancer
eurekalert.org - Stand Up To Cancer
Ruling is the 8th FDA approval supported by SU2C research New York - May 26, 2020 -- A recent FDA approval supported by Stand Up To Cancer research …
1 day ago
Reuters
Science
Higher lung cancer risk seen with two new germline mutations
Reuters - Will Boggs MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two newly identified germline genetic variants are associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, researchers report. “We were surprised by finding new variants that have
1 day ago
noooooooooo
flipped into Micro
Health
Horizontal gene transfer rate is not the primary determinant of observed antibiotic resistance frequencies in Streptococcus
sciencemag.org
The extent to which evolution is constrained by the rate at which horizontal gene transfer (HGT) allows DNA to move between genetic lineages is an …
1 day ago
Genetics
Convergent molecular evolution among ash species resistant to the emerald ash borer
nature.com - Laura J. Kelly, William J. Plumb, David W. Carey, Mary E. Mason, Endymion D. Cooper, William Crowther, Alan T. Whittemore, Stephen J. Rossiter, Jennifer L. Koch, Richard J. A. Buggs
Recent studies show that molecular convergence plays an unexpectedly common role in the evolution of convergent phenotypes. We exploited this …
1 day ago
Genetics
Bardet–Biedl syndrome and related disorders in Japan
nature.com - Makito Hirano, Wataru Satake, Nobuko Moriyama, Ken Saida, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Pei-Chieng Cha, Yutaka Suzuki, Susumu Kusunoki, Tatsushi Toda
Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by obesity, mental impairment, rod-cone dystrophy, polydactyly, male …
1 day ago
IKITO
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Health
Dementia gene raises risk of severe COVID-19
eurekalert.org - University of Exeter
Having a faulty gene linked to dementia doubles the risk of developing severe COVID-19, according to a large-scale study. Researchers at the …
1 day ago
Science
Why Italians aren’t all the same
cosmosmagazine.com - CosmosCurated content from the editorial staff at Cosmos Magazine.
Any Italian will tell you that the north and south are poles apart, and it appears those differences may have begun as many as 20,000 years ago. New …
2 days ago