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The diagnosis of mitochondrial disease by massive sequencing of a girl’s complete “MINI GENOME” yields clinical benefits. Personalized medicine is enhanced by the revolutionary NEXTGEN sequencing (PRWeb Jan 19, 2010)
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Read: MEDomics Performs The First NEXTGEN Sequencing Mini Genome Clinical Test.
Most European men trace a line of descent to stone age farmers who migrated from the Near East, a study says.
Read: Most European men descended from early farmers, study says
A limestone statue of the cat goddess Bastet discovered in Alexandria, Egypt. Photo: courtesy of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. The remains of a 2,200-year-old temple dedicated to an ancient Egyptian cat goddess have been discovered by archaeologists near Alexandria’s …
(Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health) An international team of doctors and human geneticists has identified a new genetic risk factor for Parkinson’s disease. The institutions involved in the study were the Institute of Human Genetics of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universitat Munchen, the Neurological …
Read: Genetic risk factor identified for Parkinson’s disease
(NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) An international research consortium has found 13 new genetic variants that influence blood glucose regulation, insulin resistance, and the function of insulin-secreting beta cells in populations of European descent. Five of the newly discovered variants increase the risk of developing …
Read: Newly identified genes influence insulin and glucose regulation
News from the Archaeological Institute of America’s annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif.
Read: Zeus' altar of ashes
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) It is known that viral “squatters” comprise nearly half of our genetic code. These genomic invaders inserted their DNA into our own millions of years ago when they infected our ancestors. But just how we keep them quiet and prevent them from attack was more …
Recently at Discovery News I told you about Neanderthal-made shell jewelry that suggests these hominids were as smart and creative as modern humans were at the time the jewelry was made, 50,000 years ago. University of Bristol archaeologist Joao Zilhao, …
The notion that Neanderthals went extinct because they were too dim-witted to compete with modern humans is losing its currency among the general public. About time, says Ewen Callaway
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The notion that Neanderthals went extinct because they were too dim-witted to compete with modern humans is losing its currency among the general public. About time, says Ewen Callaway
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