Sequencing diverse populations revealed over 41,000 transcripts missing in Eurocentric references, exposing ancestry bias ...
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High-resolution structures explain the mechanism of human PNPase and provide insights into mutations causing hereditary ...
In 2020, Juan Alfonzo, a professor of molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry, began a project out of “pure COVID boredom.” Now, that project may become the largest scientific undertaking ...
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Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ...
Why does Hepatitis E become chronic in some patients, and why do medications not work? To find out, an international research team led by scientists from Bochum observed a patient with chronic ...
A study has found that more than 41,000 missing RNA transcripts and hundreds of potential new genes have been overlooked due ...
Like the find-and-replace feature of a word processor, CRISPR-based engineering allows scientists to quickly and efficiently edit DNA sequences with base pair precision. Lauded as the great ...