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Neuroscientist and clinician Stephen Waxman explores new strategies to break the circuit of neuropathic pain.

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Ancient Viral DNA Plays a Role in Human Disease and Development

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Mitochondrial DNA Sneaks into Nuclear Genome

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Different Genes Influence Lifespan in Male and Female Mice

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Doppelgängers Similar in Looks and DNA: Study

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DNA Analyses Illuminate Origins of Farming, Ancestral Languages

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Q&A: Whole Genomes of 150,000 Britons Reveal Novel Genetic Variants

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New Evidence Complicates the Story of the Peopling of the Americas

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Ancient DNA Sheds New Light on Africa’s Stone Age

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Pioneering Geneticist C. Thomas Caskey Dies at 83

The Influence of Rare Cells in the Nervous System

The Influence of Rare Cells in the Nervous System

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Autism-Linked Gene SYNGAP1 Molds Synaptic Plasticity, Learning

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Bryan Sykes, Ancestral Genetics Expert, Dies at 73

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A New Human Reference Genome Represents the Most Common Sequences

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African American Genomes Yield Insight into Slavery Practices

Two Genetic Regions Linked with Severe COVID-19

Africans Have More Neanderthal DNA than Previously Thought

Ancient Human DNA Provides New Look at African History

Sequences of African Genomes Highlights Long-Overlooked Diversity

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