Where did viruses come from?

Tracing the origins of viruses is difficult because they don’t leave fossils and because of the tricks they use to make copies of themselves within the cells they’ve invaded. Some viruses even have the ability to stitch their own genes into those of the cells they infect,…
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Cells’ disease machinery silenced

Writing in Nature, a Danish team said they had “silenced” key genetic material in cells called RNA, thought to play an important role in disease.
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World’s Largest Tidal Power Project

Up until very recently, tidal power has been a severely underutilized renewable energy source, but this won
’t be the case much longer with the announcement of the world’s largest tidal power project in South Korea.
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Computer Software to Help Save Endangered Animals

A new computer program has been developed that would further enhance the conservation efforts undertaken for a mammalian species called marmots.
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Identical twins share similar genes, identical they are not

It is a basic tenet of human biology, taught in grade schools everywhere: Identical twins come from the same fertilized egg and, thus, share identical genetic profiles.
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Study rearranges some branches on animal tree of life

A study led by Brown University biologist Casey Dunn uses new genomics tools to answer old questions about animal evolution. The study is the most comprehensive animal phylogenomic research project to date, involving 40 million base pairs of new DNA data taken from 29 animal species.
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Researchers discover gene that blocks HIV

A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has discovered a gene that is able to block HIV, and in turn prevent the onset of AIDS.
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