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As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines what the science of genetics has taught us about race. Genetic factors ...
This photo provided by Emily’s Entourage in April 2025 shows Emily Kramer-Golinkoff, who has cystic fibrosis caused by a rare genetic mutation, during a trip to Maine. (Emily’s Entourage via ...
The artificial selection farmers have made for nutrition and other traits that maximize profit have reduced its genetic diversity and thus its resilience to environmental stresses. On the other ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - HudsonAlpha launched a pilot study to see how genetics and lifestyle influence a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The pilot study called ...
We find surprisingly little direct genetic contribution from levantine phoenicians to western and central mediterranean punic populations, says lead author Harald Ringbauer. Punic Necropolis of ...
But an eight-year study published on Wednesday in Nature suggests that, from the sixth to the second centuries B.C., Levantine Phoenicians made only a negligible genetic contribution to Punic ...
Anyone weary of the fire hose of dire news from the White House might have found respite in an uplifting story emanating from Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based genetics startup, early this ...
Blanchard was first diagnosed with microdeletion 1Q21.1 in 2012 Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's daughter has not inherited the rare genetic condition that she has.
They were positively ID’d using genetic genealogy in early 2024 but authorities withheld their identities for investigative reasons. The victims’ remains were found at Hempstead Lake State ...
“We're overjoyed to share that our sweet girl, Aurora, has tested negative for the rare genetic condition known as microdeletion 1q21.1,” Gypsy Rose wrote in a post on Instagram April ...
Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...