Genetics

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How Galápagos Tortoise Conservation Works Science

How Galápagos Tortoise Conservation Works

Giant tortoises once numbered 250,000 across the Galápagos—centuries of exploitation nearly wiped them out. Here is how scientists are bringing them b...

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Mirror Amino Acid Targets Cancer, Spares Healthy Cells Science

Mirror Amino Acid Targets Cancer, Spares Healthy Cells

Scientists have discovered that D-cysteine, a mirror-image form of the amino acid cysteine, can dramatically slow tumor growth while leaving healthy c...

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What Are Bony Fish and Why All Land Animals Descend From Them Science

What Are Bony Fish and Why All Land Animals Descend From Them

Every amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammal alive today — including humans — can trace its ancestry back to an ancient group of fish with mineralized s...

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Why Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Is Hard to Treat Health

Why Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Is Hard to Treat

Triple-negative breast cancer lacks the three receptors targeted by most breast cancer drugs, making it harder to treat than other subtypes — but new...

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How DNA Origami Vaccines Work and Why They Matter Health

How DNA Origami Vaccines Work and Why They Matter

Scientists have engineered nanoscale vaccine particles by folding DNA into precise 3D shapes — a platform that rivals mRNA shots while requiring no ul...

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What Is Rubisco and Why Scientists Want to Fix It Science

What Is Rubisco and Why Scientists Want to Fix It

Rubisco is the most abundant protein on Earth and the engine of all plant life—yet it is surprisingly inefficient. Understanding why scientists are ra...

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How Antibody-Drug Conjugates Target Cancer Cells Health

How Antibody-Drug Conjugates Target Cancer Cells

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a new class of cancer drug that act like precision-guided missiles — delivering toxic chemotherapy directly inside...

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What Is a Nuclear Metabolic Fingerprint? Science

What Is a Nuclear Metabolic Fingerprint?

Scientists have discovered that hundreds of metabolic enzymes reside directly on human DNA inside the cell nucleus, creating unique "nuclear metabolic...

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What Is Ancient DNA and How Scientists Use It Science

What Is Ancient DNA and How Scientists Use It

Ancient DNA extracted from bones, teeth, and even permafrost sediments is rewriting human prehistory, revealing lost species, and opening unexpected d...

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Daily Multivitamin May Slow Biological Aging, Trial Finds Health

Daily Multivitamin May Slow Biological Aging, Trial Finds

A major randomized trial — the COSMOS study — found that a daily multivitamin slowed biological aging by 2.7 to 5.1 months, as measured by epigenetic...

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How Archaeologists Decode Ancient Mass Graves Science

How Archaeologists Decode Ancient Mass Graves

When archaeologists uncover a prehistoric mass grave, a battery of modern forensic techniques—from isotopic analysis to ancient DNA—can reconstruct wh...

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What Are Cryptic Species and How Are They Found? Science

What Are Cryptic Species and How Are They Found?

Beneath the surface of Earth's known biodiversity hides a vast shadow catalogue of look-alike species, genetically distinct but visually indistinguish...

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