National DNA Day 2021: How to Join the Celebration and Some Important Facts About the Double Helix Structure

Medicine & Technology Apr 25, 2021

National DNA Day 2021 is an important celebration of scientific discovery. It is worthy to celebrate as it commemorates the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953 and the Human Genome's Project's completion in 2003.

New Skin Repair Study Takes Organ Regeneration One Step Closer

Apr 23, 2021

A study of researchers from the University of Michigan sheds new light on skin repair that brings the possibility of organ regeneration one step closer.

How Does Toxic Masculinity and Y Chromosomes Affect the Life Span of Male Flies?

Apr 23, 2021

A study found the reason why women tend to have a longer life than men. Scientists tested male flies and found that the repetitive sections of Y chromosomes in their DNA could reduce their lifespan.

Is CRISPR Having a Problem? Why Does it Hack DNAs it Wasn’t Supposed to Touch?

Apr 12, 2021

Researchers can now control gene expressions with high specificity while leaving the sequence of the DNA unchanged.

Did Early Europeans Regularly Mated with Neanderthals?

Apr 07, 2021

DNA recovered from a woman fossil in Bulgaria showed traces of Neanderthal ancestry, indicating regular interbreeding.

Researchers Show How XNAs Kickstarted the Origin of Life

Apr 07, 2021

A new study explains how DNA-like molecules came from XNAs - xeno nucleic acids - which might be the precursor to the origin of life as we know it.

Australasian DNA From Early Humans Linked to South American Tribes Ancient Bloodline

Apr 05, 2021

A past study revealed a link between Australasian DNA from early humans and Amazonian groups, but the most recent study has found the bloodline runs deeper than previously believed.

Human DNA From the Air Could Now Be Collected

Apr 01, 2021

A British study shows a potential breakthrough in forensics with the ability to detect human DNA from the air.

COVID-19 Fatalities: Many Patients Have Virus in Their Cardiac Tissues

Mar 17, 2021

Roughly seventy-five percent of people who died of COVID-19 are found to have harbored the SARS-CoV-2 virus in their hearts, according to the most detailed study of cardiac tissue to date.

Gene Variant Evolution: How People Become Vulnerable to Tuberculosis

Mar 04, 2021

Scientists revealed how the evolution of a gene variant makes humans susceptible to tuberculosis. They were able to track the rise and fall of the illness for the past thousands of years.

Single Molecule Used to Store US Declaration of Independence

Mar 04, 2021

A team of researchers was able to store a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence in a single molecule to improve synthetic biology and data-storage technology.

Did Scientists Just Discover The Oldest DNA Ever From a Million-Year-Old Mammoth?

Feb 17, 2021

Have you ever wondered how and why the genus breaks up into new organisms? Perhaps the answer lies in the oldest DNA ever sequenced.

Discovery of More than 40 Teeth in China Challenges Notions About Human Evolution

Feb 09, 2021

DNA analysis of two human teeth discovered in Fuyan cave proposed that early modern humans existed in China quite early.

Biologists Attempt To Solve a Century-Old Paradox: The Reason Cancer Cells Waste a Lot of Energy

Feb 01, 2021

MIT research sheds light on the long-lasting question, a century-old paradox of why cancer cells are getting their energy from fermentation.

Scientists Reveal Humans Were Drinking Milk Before They Could Even Digest It

Jan 28, 2021

People in Modern Kenya and Sudan were already drinking milk products approximately 6,000 years ago. This was found in the most recent study by scientists who also said these people consumed milk even before they could digest it.