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UC Santa Cruz provides access to encyclopedia of the human genome
Sep 12, 2012 (SPX)
A massive international collaboration has enabled scientists to assign specific functions for 80 percent of the human genome, providing new insights into the me...
Mapping a genetic world beyond genes
Sep 12, 2012 (SPX)
Most of the DNA alterations that are tied to disease do not alter protein-coding genes, but rather the "switches" that control them. Characterizing these switch...
Researchers identify biochemical functions for most of the human genome
Sep 10, 2012 (SPX)
Only about 1 percent of the human genome contains gene regions that code for proteins, raising the question of what the rest of the DNA is doing. Scientists hav...
Major advances in understanding the regulation and organization of the human genome
Sep 07, 2012 (SPX)
The National Human Genome Research Institute has announced the results of a five-year international study of the regulation and organization of the human genome...
Yale team finds order amidst the chaos within the human genome
Sep 07, 2012 (SPX)
The massive Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) unveiled Sept. 5 reveals a human genome vastly more rich and complex than envisioned even a decade ago. In a k...
Benign malaria key driver of human evolution in Asia-Pacific
Sep 06, 2012 (SPX)
Their finding challenges the widely-accepted theory that Plasmodium falciparum, which causes the most lethal form of malaria, is the only malaria parasite capab...
DNA of ancient human decoded
Aug 31, 2012 (UPI)
The genome of a cave-dwelling girl from 80,000 years ago has been analyzed in such detail it's known she had brown hair, eyes and skin, German researchers say. ...
Electronics, living tissue, merged in lab
Aug 28, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. researchers say they have successfully created a type of "cyborg" tissue by embedding nano-electronics into engineered human tissues. The tissues, containi...
More Clues About Why Chimps and Humans Are Genetically Different
Aug 27, 2012 (SPX)
Ninety-six percent of a chimpanzee's genome is the same as a human's. It's the other 4 percent, and the vast differences, that pique the interest of Georgia Tec...
Man mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead
Aug 26, 2012 (AFP)
A farmer in southern Nepal mistook his son for a monkey trying to steal his crops and shot the 12-year-old dead, police said on Sunday. Chitra Bahadur Pulami ha...
More sophisticated wiring, not just bigger brain, helped humans evolve beyond chimps
Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)
Human and chimp brains look anatomically similar because both evolved from the same ancestor millions of years ago. But where does the chimp brain end and the h...
Brain scans don't lie about age
Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)
It isn't uncommon for people to pass for ages much older or younger than their years, but researchers have now found that this feature doesn't apply to our brai...
Once again with feeling: Australian science tugs heart-strings
Aug 23, 2012 (AFP)
Do humans really wear their hearts on their sleeve? An ambitious Australian neuroscience project aiming to translate emotional impulses directly into music is h...
Common parasite may trigger suicide attempts
Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)
A parasite thought to be harmless and found in many people may actually be causing subtle changes in the brain, leading to suicide attempts. New research appear...
Evolutionary increase in size of the human brain explained
Aug 22, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers have found what they believe is the key to understanding why the human brain is larger and more complex than that of other animals. The human brain,...
Sigificant human skull found in S.E. Asia
Aug 21, 2012 (UPI)
An ancient skull discovered in a cave in northern Laos' mountains is the oldest modern human fossil found in Southeast Asia, researchers say. The find in the An...
Old skull bone rediscovered
Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)
Although clearly discernible in the embryo, shortly afterwards it fuses with other bones beyond recognition. Consequently, researchers have often missed it. Now...
Research raises doubts about whether modern humans and Neanderthals interbred
Aug 17, 2012 (SPX)
New research raises questions about the theory that modern humans and Neanderthals at some point interbred, known as hybridisation. The findings of a study by r...
A new take on how evolution has shaped modern Europeans
Aug 16, 2012 (SPX)
Investigators reporting in the Cell Press journal Trends in Genetics say that new analytical techniques are changing long-held, simplistic views about the evolu...
New Kenyan fossils shed light on early human evolution
Aug 15, 2012 (SPX)
Exciting new fossils discovered east of Lake Turkana confirm that there were two additional species of our genus - Homo - living alongside our direct human ance...
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