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Why You Can’t Use Someone’s Genes to Predict Their Sexuality

Brendan Zietsch 31/08/2019

There is no one 'gay gene' – instead, there...

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How Do We Stop Genetic Medicine From Perpetuating Inequality?

Eva Amsen 22/08/2019

Doctors must engender a feeling of trustworthiness to correct...

missing heritability problem, gene variants, rare diseases, genome wide association studies, whole genome sequencing, DNA sequencing, body mass index, human body height, polygenic risk score, preprint paper, peer review, genetic variation, heritability,

The Hidden Mutations That Could Help You Evolve Better

Pratik Pawar 20/08/2019

Noted evolutionary biologists like Stephen Jay Gould and others...

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Biblical Bad Guys the Ancient Philistines Came from Europe, DNA Shows

Rinat Harash and Ari Rabinovitch 04/07/2019

Skeletons excavated at the ancient city of Ashkelon in...

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Widely-Available Genetic Risk Tests Aren’t Always Useful – and Could Even be Harmful

Emma Kowal, Jacqueline Savard and Jeffrey Craig 04/07/2019

Most common chronic diseases are the outcome of complex...

autism, autism spectrum disorder, gut microbiome, gut microbiota, gut flora, Escherichia coli, mouse models, GABA, neurotransmitters, RNA, DNA, taurine, 5-aminovaleric acid, agonists,

It Takes Guts to Understand Autism – Literally

Leslee Lazar 26/06/2019

Scientists injected mice with faecal bacteria from humans with...

missing heritability problem, gene variants, rare diseases, genome wide association studies, whole genome sequencing, DNA sequencing, body mass index, human body height, polygenic risk score, preprint paper, peer review, genetic variation, heritability,

Rapid DNA Analysis Helps Diagnose Mystery Diseases

Charles Chiu 18/06/2019

Emerging sequencing technology could be used to develop computational...