After 10 years of research, an international team of scientists has managed to decipher the genetic code of the tsetse fly, an insect native to sub-Saharan Africa that feeds exclusively on blood and a carrier of trypanosomiasis, commonly known as “sleeping sickness. ”.
Despite not yet having identified a definitive cause for Alzheimer's disease, scientists have discovered a very revealing clue as to why more women than men develop this disease. The key is in the genes.
A team of scientists from the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research has carried out a study that concludes that children who grow up with emotional distress and therefore have a complicated childhood, suffer premature aging of their chromosomes.
A team of scientists from the United States and Europe, led by New York University (USA), has managed to create the first 100% artificial chromosome in history in a laboratory. The chromosome in question is from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that is, from the fungus that makes bread, beer and wine.
Seven times bigger than human. This is the genome of the most important commercial tree species in the United States, the taeda pine (Pinus taeda), which has just been sequenced by a team of scientists from the University of California. "It's a great genome. But the The challenge has not been only to collect the sequence data.
A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University (USA) has managed to link genetics with facial and racial features and degrees of femininity through a 3D model.
A new study led by a team of researchers from Ohio State University (USA) shows how some people may be predisposed to be worse or better in a subject such as mathematics due to certain genetic factors.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
