genetics
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A Woman Barely Feels Pain and Heals Rapidly. Scientists Are Unravelling Her Weird Genetics
Scientists are starting to crack the mystery behind one woman’s pain-free life. In new research, a team in the UK dove deep into the genetic make-up of Jo Cameron, a woman in Scotland with a rare mutation that leaves her practically incapable of experiencing physical and emotional pain. Among other things, the team found that…
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A Massive Project Is Helping Scientists Unravel the Genetic Secrets of Mammals
In expansive new research out this week, scientists around the world have started to unravel the genetic secrets behind one of nature’s greatest success stories: mammals. They’ve catalogued and compared the genomes of more than 200 mammal species, including elephants, bats, and humans. Among other things, their findings should help us understand the origins of…
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Massive New ‘Human Family Tree’ Includes 27 Million Ancestors
A team of scientists has combined modern and ancient genomes to build a new “genealogy of everyone,” in an achievement that sets the groundwork for future studies into our evolution and global spread.
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Study of Middle East DNA Reveals Complex Human History in the Region
A team of geneticists has sequenced 137 modern human genomes from the Middle East, shedding new light on how humans arrived in the region and how those populations changed as areas dried up.