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Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, President Elect of  探花直播Royal Society

Sir Venki Ramakrishnan confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society

19 Mar 2015

Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society.

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Details from infographic produced by Arizona State  探花直播

Decline in the number of males involved in reproduction during the period of global growth

17 Mar 2015

Wealth and power may have played a stronger role than 鈥渟urvival of the fittest鈥.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Gene discovery provides clues to how TB may evade the immune system

16 Mar 2015

探花直播largest genetic study of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility to date has led to a potentially important new insight into how the pathogen manages to...

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DNA (cropped)

Human genome includes 'foreign' genes not from our ancestors

12 Mar 2015

Many animals, including humans, acquired essential 鈥榝oreign鈥 genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ancient times, according to...

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Breast Cancer Public Art

Fifteen new breast cancer genetic risk 鈥榟ot-spots鈥 revealed

09 Mar 2015

Scientists have discovered 15 previously unknown genetic 鈥榟ot-spots鈥 that can increase a woman鈥檚 risk of developing breast cancer, according to...

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Section of normal testes of a young man

Study finds increased DNA mutations in children of teenage fathers

18 Feb 2015

New research reveals that the sperm cells of adolescent boys have more than six times the rate of DNA mutations as the equivalent egg cells in...

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Skull and bones of Richard III

Richard III 鈥 case closed after 529 years

02 Dec 2014

DNA and genealogical study confirms identity of remains found in Leicester and uncovers new truths about his appearance and Plantagenet lineage.

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 探花直播study built on previous work which created synthetic molecules known as 鈥淴NA鈥, then used these as the basis of creating so-called 鈥淴NAzymes鈥.

World鈥檚 first artificial enzymes created using synthetic biology

01 Dec 2014

Enzymes made from artificial molecules which do not occur anywhere in nature have been shown to trigger chemical reactions in the lab, challenging...

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Strigamia maritima male, Loch Linnhe, Scotland

Amazing feet of science: Researchers sequence the centipede genome

25 Nov 2014

What it lacks in genes, it certainly makes up for in legs: the genome of the humble centipede has been found to have around 15,000 genes 鈥 around 7...

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Imaging the genome: cataloguing the fundamental processes of life

27 Oct 2014

A new study at the 探花直播 of Cambridge has allowed researchers to peer into unexplored regions of the genome and understand for the first time...

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Race to puberty

Age of puberty in girls influenced by which parent their genes are inherited from

23 Jul 2014

探花直播age at which girls reach sexual maturity is influenced by 鈥榠mprinted鈥 genes, a small sub-set of genes whose activity differs depending on which...

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Scientists wake up to causes of sleep disruption in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

27 Feb 2014

New research using fruit flies with Alzheimer鈥檚 protein finds that the disease doesn鈥檛 stop the biological clock ticking, but detaches it from the...

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