Genetics
You can live without the Y chromosome
Males and females of the Ryuk mouse have 25 chromosomes in the genome, and the development of testes in them is not started in the same way as in most mammals.
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Evolution and genes
Regulatory fragments were found in the genome, which developed rapidly after the separation of our ancestors from the great apes.
25.11.2022
Genetics
Aging and the economy
People born during the Great Depression of the 1930s in the United States have markers of accelerated aging.
23.11.2022
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"Genes of myopia"
Five genes have been found, variants of which increase the risk of myopia in people of European origin with higher education.
22.11.2022
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Diabetes and bile acids
Bile acids act as signaling molecules that control various functions in the body, including blood sugar levels.
22.11.2022
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Replacement for mice and rats
Reading the genome of the Nilotic grass mouse makes it a full-fledged model organism for biomedical research.
18.11.2022
Genetics
From dementia to evolution
Candidate of Biological Sciences Denis Andreyuk – on the diagnosis and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and the problems of human evolution.
17.11.2022
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Does the X chromosome protect against cancer?
The X chromosome can be inactivated in cancer cells of men with oncological diseases of both the reproductive system and somatic organs.
15.11.2022
Genetics
Survivor
By the age of 36, a resident of Spain had suffered the formation of 12 different tumors, 5 of them malignant. What did the sequencing of her genome show?
08.11.2022
Genetics
A unique patient
A 36-year-old woman was repeatedly diagnosed with malignant tumors in different parts of her body, but each time they disappeared.
07.11.2022
Genetics
Four-legged witnesses
Pets often become eyewitnesses to crimes, and now they will be able to witness the presence of a particular person in the house.
03.11.2022
Genetics
Make love not war
A recent study suggests the hypothesis that Homo sapiens could have contributed to the extinction of Neanderthals not by violence, but by sex.
02.11.2022
Genetics
Autophagy against neurodegeneration
The study of the mechanism that suppresses autophagy in neurons opens the way to possible therapies for Huntington's disease.
01.11.2022
Genetics
Endogenous retroviruses and cancer
Ancient viruses in our bodies, quite possibly, play a role in modern diseases, including cancer.
01.11.2022
Genetics
Traces of the plague have been preserved in the genome
The plague has a negative effect on the health of our species so far, 700 years after its strongest outbreak — even if this influence is indirect.
20.10.2022
Genetics
Neanderthal family life
Based on the results of genome analysis, scientists described the social organization of a small community that lived in two Siberian caves.
20.10.2022
Genetics
Parkinsonism and gender
More than 200 genes with different epigenetic labels were found, which were almost completely different in men and women.
19.10.2022
Genetics
Nature or upbringing?
Review of the book by David Linden "Why people are Different: A Scientific View of Human Individuality".
17.10.2022
Genetics
Biological age of sperm
Several research teams were able to construct a fairly accurate (with an error of one and a half years) epigenetic clock of sperm.
14.10.2022
Genetics
Genes and growth
The possibilities of genome-wide association search in the study of growth genetics are almost exhausted, at least for European populations.
14.10.2022