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How Finding Your Roots Turns DNA Research Into Essential TV
Producers behind PBS' series reveal how they help guests explore their family trees.
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Beethoven’s DNA reveals he just wasn’t that musical
Analysis of Beethoven’s DNA has revealed that he had a low genetic predisposition for beat synchronization, an ability that’s closely related to musicality. This is according to researchers who set out to show how making genetic predictions for individuals, including famous historical figures, can…
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Discovery of Oldest DNA Scrambles Human Origins Picture
Scientists reveal the surprising genetic identity of early human remains from roughly 400,000 years ago in Spain.
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DNA cube programmed for an exclusive reveal
Scientists in Canada have made DNA cubes that are programmed to unzip and reveal molecules locked inside them in response to a carefully chosen trigger. Hanadi Sleiman and colleagues at McGill University and the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, designed the cubes to release the drug cargo they might be carrying only in diseased cells and not normal cells.
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The strange case of the 'time travel' murder
A woman's body is found in London. DNA turns up a hit, yet the suspect apparently died weeks before the alleged victim. Here, forensic scientist Dr Mike Silverman tells the story of one of the strangest cases of his career.
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Is DNA Multilingual?
The genetic code is the biochemical basis of life, and given its central importance, there are rules. Double-stranded DNA is transcribed to single-stranded RNA, which is processed through protein-building ribosomes. Each set of three nucleotide bases (a codon) corresponds to a particular amino acid; when a given triptych is being read, the appropriate amino acid swoops in and is added to a growing chain. A protein is born.
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Vermont can no longer take DNA samples from suspected criminals
Accused criminals in Vermont do not have to share their DNA with state police, at least until they’re convicted. The Vermont Supreme Court court ruled Friday that a state law allowing DNA samples to be taken from people who are charged – not convicted – of a crime is a violation of individual privacy rights.
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Marijuana’s Buzzkill DNA: Biotech Researcher Finds Medical Pot Laced With Feces
Months after her biotechnology company sold for $40 million, Jessica Tonani is on Seattle’s Highway 99, where Kurt Cobain in his final days shot heroin in cheap motels. She’s scoring a gram of Blueberry Kush.
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Ancient Yukon horse yields oldest genome ever
A 700,000-year-old horse bone found in the permafrost of a Yukon gold mine has yielded a complete genetic profile, breaking scientific records and revealing many new insights about the evolution of horses.
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A Gene That Makes You Need Less Sleep?
Since June, 1957, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been monitoring America’s health habits, tabulating things like whether we smoke, drink, or sit around all day, and how many of us visit our doctors regularly and take our medications at the prescribed times. Until recently, though, one aspect of our behavior largely escaped note: the amount of time we spend sleeping. And so, in 2009, the C.D.C. decided to add a sleep dimension to its survey.
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DNA From This Ugly Fish Is Being Used to Synthesize Bulletproof Slime
If you have ever seen a picture or a video of a hagfish, it's probably been on some roundup of the ocean's most horrifying creatures. But the DNA within that very creature, often known as a "slime eel," just might be the key to creating sustainable, biodegradable plastic and lighter bulletproof clothing.
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Genes show mysterious Paleo-Eskimos survived 4,000 years until sudden demise
New genetic research on ancient bones reveals that a prehistoric population of hunters migrated into the high Arctic of North America and Greenland and survived for 4,000 years in almost complete isolation from the rest of humanity. Then, about 700 years ago, they vanished — either victims of genocide or simply out-competed by a new population of hunters with more advanced technology, the research indicates.
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The Girl With Three Biological Parents
"A lot of people say I have facial features from my mum, my eyes look like my dad… I have some traits from them and my personality is the same too," says Alana. "I also have DNA from a third lady. But I wouldn't consider her a third parent, I just have some of her mitochondria.
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With genetic testing, I gave my parents the gift of divorce
I'm a stem cell and reproductive biologist. I fell in love with biology when I was in high school. It was the realization that every cell in my body has the same genome and DNA, but each cell is different. A stomach cell is not a brain cell is not a skin cell. But they're reading from the same book of instructions. With 23andMe, you get your personal genome book, your story. Unless you have an identical twin somewhere, that genetic makeup is unique to you.
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Sugary soft drinks may be linked to accelerated DNA ageing – study
Research finds that people who reported drinking 350ml of fizzy drink per day had DNA changes typical of cells 4.6 years older
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How Promethease Is Keeping Direct-to-Consumer Genetics Alive
The FDA ordered 23andMe to stop selling its health tests. But for the intrepid, genome knowledge is still available.
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Jack the Ripper: Scientists who claims to have identified notorious killer has 'made serious DNA error'
It was supposed to have been the definitive piece of scientific evidence that finally exposed the true identify of Jack the Ripper after he had brutally murdered at least five women on the streets of Whitechapel in the East End of London, 126 years ago.
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Ancient Europeans Kept Animals for Cheese, Not Milk
The DNA from ancient human bones is shedding new light on the prehistory of Europe, such as when changes in skin color and lactose tolerance occurred, researchers say. This research unexpectedly revealed that ancient Europeans started dairying thousands of years before they evolved genes to make the most of milk in adulthood, investigators added.
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Lebanon 'has IS leader's daughter'
DNA tests confirm Lebanon is holding the young daughter of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the country's interior minister says. Nohad Machnouk told Lebanon's MTV television that the child's mother, who is also in custody, was now believed to be one of Baghdadi's ex-wives. On Tuesday, Lebanese security officials said they had detained his wife and son at a border crossing with Syria.
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DNA Exonerates Man Who Served Nearly 40 Years For Murder
Joseph Sledge is a free man after 37 years in prison following Friday's decision by a judicial panel in North Carolina to overturn his 1976 conviction in the stabbing deaths of an elderly mother and her daughter. The Associated Press says DNA evidence had helped to exonerate Sledge, now 70, whose case was referred last month to the three-judge panel by the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission.
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