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The Evolutionary Human Family Tree 0
- Genes & Identity, Photography
- August 29, 2016
The Smithsonian Institute Of Natural History put together an interactive human family tree to show how the human species has diverged throughout the evolutionary history. After decades of collecting evidence for the evolution of species, scientists are now able to understand our closest relatives and the common ancestors between humans and other primates. The Human
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Positive New Facts About Diabetes – To Stay Aware 1
- Health & Medicine
- June 20, 2014
How did genes play their part again? And what are the recent findings?
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Why These Tiny Monkeys Have So Many Twins 0
- Earth & Environment, Genes & Identity
- January 14, 2014
Researchers find genes involved in body size and twin births Deep in the jungles of Central and South America, members of the primate group known as the New World Monkeys roam. Among them the diminutive callitrichines, with the world’s smallest known primate, the pygmy marmoset (or Cebuella pygmaea). Despite their size, there’s something else that sets
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Your Risk Of Disease: Would You Want To Know?2
- Genes & Identity, Health & Medicine
- December 3, 2013
Top DNA testing company has been banned from selling its popular test. It was only a few weeks ago that I was discussing this hot topic with my flatmate. Private companies are selling a direct-to-consumer service that scans your genome for disease-associated variations in your DNA sequence. Who wouldn’t want to know their future risk
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Should Genes Be Patentable?0
- Health & Medicine
- April 16, 2013
The Supreme Court of the US will rule if Genes can be patented or not. If someone is able to isolate a specific gene in the human body, that can then be used to create some new treatment or medical procedure, can they then patent that gene? That is the question the Supreme Court of
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A Plant That’s Forever Young 0
- Earth & Environment, Genes & Identity
- January 11, 2013
In the search for energy alternatives to fossil fuels like oil and coal, researchers and governments are turning to biomass. Energy from plant matter could be less polluting and more sustainable than fossil fuels, but only if you could grow enough. Now, if a plant stayed young forever, it would just grow and grow, and
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