Researchers find the first evidence that a sirtuin gene prolongs life in mice.
Researchers find the first evidence that a sirtuin gene prolongs life in mice.
New research suggests that the average person has about 20 genes with loss-of-function mutations—many more than previously suspected.
Researchers find a way to determine the sequence of a single species from metagenomics data of entire microbial communities.
Research in yeast shows that aneuploidy is both a consequence of and an adaptation to stress.
Researchers track a racehorse “speed gene” back to a single mare in the United Kingdom.
A reanalysis of the study reporting genes linked to extremely long life, which was retracted from Science last summer, is published in PLoS ONE.
Chromosomes accidentally stranded outside of the nucleus could contribute to cancer formation.
Genetic differences influence how well people perform on IQ tests as children and senior citizens.
Two new sequencing machines will read a human genome in 24 hours.
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