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Mutating the entire genome

Genes account for only 2.5 percent of DNA in the human genetic blueprint, yet diseases can result not only from mutant genes, but from mutations of other DNA that controls genes. University of Utah researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Landmark Study Investigates Arrogance

Arrogance is not just an unpleasant personality trait — it can also affect an organization's morale and bottom line.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Noninvasive screening in early pregnancy reduces Down's births by 50 percent

Nice, France: Non-invasive screening of pregnant women with ultrasound early in pregnancy, combined with maternal blood analysis, has reduced the number of children born in Denmark with Down Syndrome by 50%, a scientist ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Gene responsible for common hearing loss identified for first time

A gene responsible for the single most common cause of hearing loss among white adults, otosclerosis, has been identified for the first time, a scientist told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Ancient Etruscans were immigrants from Anatolia, or what is now Turkey

The long-running controversy about the origins of the Etruscan people appears to be very close to being settled once and for all, a geneticist will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today. ...

Biology /

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