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Change trackers: New consortium to catalog DNA mutations across human lifetime
From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...
What 4,000-year-old DNA revealed about how ancient societies interacted
For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...
Destroying 50 years of women’s health samples is like ‘burning the Library of Congress’
The work has informed national dietary guidelines; led to therapies for breast cancer prevention and treatment; and ...
Scientists successfully sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA. Here’s what they found.
More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...
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Researchers Have Cracked the 4,500-Year-Old Genome of a Mummy From Egypt’s First Pyramid Age
An Egyptian genome has finally been unraveled, thanks to a sample from an at least 4,500 year-old mummy dating back to the ...
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Controversial ‘Synthetic Human Genome Project’ Spurs Debate Over Ethics of Building Human DNA from Scratch
The Synthetic Human Genome Project is working to build synthetic human DNA but who is asking how this science will impact ...
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Trump presidential library plans take off with $37 million and a jet - USA TODAY
The nonprofit, Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation, Inc., will “steward, preserve, and celebrate the legacy and historical record of President Donald J. Trump and his presidency ...