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As well as being caused by eating an indulgent diet, gout has been linked to hundreds of genetic variants in the largest study of its kind Health 16 December 2022 By Carissa Wong X-ray of feet affected by gout Yok_onepiece/Shutterstock…
Researchers unveiled a picture of humanity’s genealogy based on 3601 modern genomes and eight ancient genomes going back 2 million years Humans 14 December 2022 By Michael Le Page A visualisation of relationships between ancestors and descendants in the genealogy…
Sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage and a dozen other vegetables are all the same species, Brassica oleracea. Now we have finally discovered their common ancestor Source link
Females’ propensity to deposit more fat in places like their hips, buttocks and the backs of their arms, so-called subcutaneous fat, is protective against brain inflammation, which can result in problems like dementia and stroke, at least until menopause, scientists…
Removing only a small segment of a gene in the brain cells of mice reduced the formation of plaques seen in Alzheimer’s disease by 44 per cent Health 12 December 2022 By Grace Wade Illustration of amyloid plaques forming between…
When the normal DNA sequence in an individual changes or mutates it can cause disease. The mutation may involve multiple genes and may be caused by environmental factors, or there may be chromosomal defects that are harmful at birth, in…
About 430 million people around the world experience disabling hearing loss. In the United States, approximately 37.5 million adults report some trouble hearing. Hearing loss can happen when any part of the ear or the nerves that carry information on…
Patients with localized, hormone receptor-positive, HER2-low breast cancer treated with trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd, Enhertu) in the neoadjuvant setting had an overall response rate of 75 percent in the absence of anastrozole and 63 percent in combination with anastrozole, according to…
In a study of nearly 3.4 million people, almost 4000 genetic variants were linked to how much alcohol a person drinks a week, the age some start smoking and whether they quit the habit Health 7 December 2022 By Carissa…
DNA bound to mineral particles in ancient sediment reveals that north Greenland once had spruce forests populated by hares, reindeer and even mastodons Life 7 December 2022 By Michael Marshall Illustration of the ancient Greenland ecosystem Beth Zaiken DNA from…
