After analyzing DNA from almost 10,000 people from ancient and pre-modern societies, our international team of researchers have discovered six cases of Down syndrome in past human populations.
Archaeology
Feb 25, 2024
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Scientists have developed two agents, made of therapeutic nanoparticles and antibodies, that could be given to patients shortly before a blood draw to allow physicians to better detect tumor DNA in blood using a technology ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 18, 2024
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Fire devastates communities and families, and it makes identification of victims challenging. In the aftermath of the wildfire that swept through Lahaina, Hawaii, officials are collecting DNA samples from relatives of missing ...
Biotechnology
Aug 21, 2023
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In the fall of 2020, when Chad Dechow got a call from veterinarians in New York describing a strange condition affecting Holstein calves on two farms under their care, he was unfamiliar with the condition that came to be ...
Veterinary medicine
Jun 15, 2023
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Human DNA can be sequenced from small amounts of water, sand and air in the environment to potentially extract identifiable information like genetic lineage, gender, and health risks, according to our new research.
Cell & Microbiology
May 20, 2023
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A North Carolina State University-led study has found it is possible to retrieve forensically relevant information from human DNA in household dust. After sampling indoor dust from 13 households, the researchers were able ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 3, 2023
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Evolutionary geneticists and forensic experts who have spent years analyzing the remains of Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda have added important new information to the case regarding a possible covert assassination.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2023
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Searun rainbow smelt—a culturally and ecologically valuable fish for New England anglers, consumers and marine ecosystems—is on the decline. Determining the extent of that decline, however, is difficult in Maine. Searun ...
Ecology
Jan 26, 2023
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Like forensic investigators, scientists can use molecular techniques to detect evidence of Antarctic krill in seawater samples collected in the Southern Ocean. The revolutionary technology can identify Antarctic krill DNA ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2023
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New Jersey is the nation's most densely populated state, packed with 9.2 million people from High Point to Cape May Point. It's not the easiest place for wild animals to cross the road.
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2023
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