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Linking a mold identified in a sample of recalled yogurt to consumer-reported illnesses may be premature, scientists say.

Researchers report an ability to detect several types of cancer in blood samples based on signatures of immune response, but some are skeptical about the utility of such a test.

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Mice undernourished during pregnancy can transmit the effects of such nutritional stress to their sons’ germ cells, epigenetically.  

Cognitive testing in chimpanzee pedigrees reveals a genetic basis for intelligence.

Big ad campaigns and celebrity involvement have helped increase public interest in genetic genealogy, but helping consumers understand their DNA ancestry testing results remains difficult.

Pathogenic mutations in mitochondrial DNA are common in healthy people, according to a new study.

Scientists show how cell stress both prevents and promotes cell suicide in a study that’s equally divisive.

Three teams identify different components of the female Drosophila nervous system that govern mating behaviors.

Compared to induced pluripotent stem cells generated from somatic cells, stem cells created by nuclear transfer appear to be closer to the genetic state of embryonic cells.

An analysis of modern birds reveals that carotenoid-based plumage coloring arose several times throughout their evolutionary history, dating as far back as 66 million years ago.

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