Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome Posted: 1 year ago by AfroMosHi
DNA extracted from a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal bone has just enabled scientists to sequence the complete mitochondrial genome for the human-like species.
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Should we bring a Neanderthal back to life? Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
Now that the Neanderthal genome has been decoded, some say it is possible to use gene therapy to create a modern day Neanderthal - but should we?
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Scientists Find A Fingerprint Of Evolution Across The Human Genome Posted: 2 years ago by Blankspace73
The Human Genome Project revealed that only a small fraction of the 3 billion “letter” DNA code actually instructs cells to manufacture proteins, the workhorses of most life processes. This has raised the question of what the remaining part of the human genome does. How much of the rest performs other biological functions, and how much is merely residue of prior genetic events?
Evolution FTW.
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Scientists Partially Reconstruct Genome of Extinct Mammoth Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
An international team of scientists has reconstructed about two-thirds of the genome of the woolly mammoth using DNA extracted from balls of hair, the first time this has been accomplished for an extinct species.
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Human Genome Project Phase 2 Posted: 2 years ago by Pocksucket
The original Human Genome Project mapped the DNA from one person and took 13 years to complete. Today the 1000 Genome Project was announced - a plan to map the differences between individual humans that will give an insight into the physiological differences between us, and genetic diseases too. It is expected to take 3 years.
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Aussie test may be bone transplant lifesaver Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed a world-first blood test that could save the lives of tens of thousands of bone marrow transplant patients across the world.
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Cow genome fully sequenced, Genetically enhanced cows? Posted: 7 months ago by Ankabout
Scientists have fully mapped the genome of cows. the researchers discovered how cows could help inform research into human health and disease.
"We found that cows are much more similar to us than rodents are,"
What about the genetic enhancements possible?
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Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur.
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Cataloguing invisible life: Microbe genome emerges from lake sediment Posted: 1 year ago by mutil8or
Microorganisms from a mud sample collected in Lake Washington. The purple and orange organisms are relatives of Methylotenera mobilis, whose complete DNA sequence is now published.
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First genome transplant changes one species into another Posted: 2 years ago by deepchill
For the first time, scientists have completely transformed a species of bacteria into another species by transplanting its complete set of DNA.
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New Artificial Bone Made of Wood Posted: 4 months ago by Bingo
Italians scientists have developed a new artificial bone made from wood should be an improvement over the plastic and metal that are now used for implants. Derived from organic material, the new bone substitute will promote faster healing.
To create the bone substitute, the scientists start with a block of wood — red oak, rattan and sipo work best — and heat it until all that remains is pure carbon, which is basically charcoal.
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Kangaroo Genome Map Shows Similarities With Humans Posted: 1 year ago by pocksucket
Australian scientists have produced a map of the kangaroo genome to gain a better understanding of how mammalian DNA is ordered. Part of the research shows 20,000 genes in common with humans, inherited from a common ancestor.
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Daisy the dog finds the meal of her dreams... a mammoth bone Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Daisy briefly found herself in doggie heaven ... when she was confronted by a bone as big as herself. However, this was no meaty treat - just a prehistoric prize. For Daisy had discovered a fossilised mammoth bone up to two million years old.
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Shoplifting Dog Returns To Crime Scene Posted: 10 months ago by suebe
The bone stealing dog, now positively identified, made a bee-line straight to the pet food aisle and took another bone. Update to this earlier story
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Human Likely Killed Neanderthal Posted: 4 months ago by Bingo
A Neanderthal man who lived as recently as 50,000 years ago may have been killed by a modern human armed with an advanced projectile weapon, a new study suggests.
If confirmed, the Paleolithic "murder" would be the first compelling case for an anatomically modern human using a weapon against a member of the extinct human species.
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Bone Phone Posted: 2 years ago by bluenutria
A new phone that transmits sound to the inner ear using skull bone conduction.
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Wired Science Reveals Secret Codes in Craig Venter's Artificial Genome Posted: 2 years ago by willster09
Wired Science has ferreted out the secret amino acid messages contained in "watermarks" that were embedded in the world's first manmade bacterial genome, announced last week by the J. Craig Venter Institute.
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Woman Finds 'Mammal Bone' in Blue M&M Posted: 9 months ago by bingo
An Atlanta woman has a bone to pick with the candy company Mars after she took a bite into her peanut M&M and says she discovered what a local biologist says is a vertebra from a small mammal.
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Super Tuesday: Complete Results (All States Listed, Including the Upcoming Primaries) Posted: 2 years ago by MuppetmakeR
Brought to you by CNN, complete results for the all the states that are participating today, updated live.
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Human Genome - World's Greatest Battlefield Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
8 percent of the human genome is made up of viruses that once attacked our ancestors. The viruses lost. What remains are the molecular equivalents of mounted trophies, DNA fossils. These helped mold our immune system, a system that is truly remarkable evolutionary speaking.
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Silk the key to rebuilding bone Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Silkworms and spiders could hold the key to engineering healthy bone tissue to replace damaged bone and teeth, according to a US biomedical engineer.
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