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'Frozen Zoo' Could Resurrect Recently Extinct Animals

Marco Foronda |

Feb 12, 2015 06:44 AM EST

The icy vials may someday even be used in experiments to resurrect recently extinct animals.

Half the DNA in New York City's Subway is of Unknown Origin

Dino Lirios |

Feb 06, 2015 08:15 AM EST

As many as 15,152 life-forms were found in the subway system. Only half were bacterial.

DNA Analysis Suggests Kennewick Man was Native American

Marco Foronda |

Jan 20, 2015 04:56 AM EST

Preliminary results suggest Kennewick Man has a genetic similarity to modern Native Americans.

Female Shark Stores Sperm Inside Her for Four Years

Marco Foronda |

Jan 10, 2015 08:57 AM EST

What happened is a remarkable adaptation that helps promote genetic diversity.

23andMe to Sell Data in Bid to Cure Parkinson's

Marco Foronda |

Jan 09, 2015 09:31 AM EST

23andMe will make its databases available for scientific research.

Austen Heinz, far left, of Cambrian Genomics, grows genetically engineered plants, including a rose, left, that glows in the dark. Cambrian is working with the rose’s creator, Glowing Plant, which raised funds on Kick starter before the platform banned su

Powerful Start-up to Allow Customers Design New Creatures on Computer and Print the DNA

Dino Lirios |

Jan 07, 2015 03:43 AM EST

A new DNA start-up will allow customers to tinker with genetic codes of plants and animals and even design new creatures on a computer. Then, the DNA is printed quickly, accurately, and cheaply.

Scientists Discover the New Role of Proteins

Marco Foronda |

Jan 02, 2015 11:47 PM EST

New findings have significance in the new therapies to treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Huntington's.

Russian Tycoon Returns Nobel Prize Medallion to James Watson

Vittorio Hernandez |

Dec 11, 2014 04:24 AM EST

Alisher Usmanov, the Russian tycoon who bought Watson's Nobel medallion, will return the medallion to Watson.

The U.S. Congress just approved a space mining bill that will allow asteroid mining.

Frequent Asteroid Impacts Made Life on Earth Possible

Ana Verayo |

Dec 09, 2014 06:31 AM EST

An asteroid hit infant Earth billions of years ago during a period called the Late Heavy Bombardment.

DNA Survives Space and Re-entry Into Earth's Atmosphere

Ana Verayo |

Nov 27, 2014 05:19 AM EST

The DNA used in the study wasn't chromosomal, however.

Genetics Being Used to Fight Bed Bugs

Nyrene Grace Patricia Paranga |

Nov 25, 2014 06:24 PM EST

The study is the first to trace the mitochondrial genes of the insects.

DNA Study Reveals Ancient and Modern Europeans Have a Genetic Connection

Marco Foronda |

Nov 07, 2014 02:10 AM EST

The genetic unity also helps to identify when modern humans interbred with Neanderthals.

James Van Etten, the senior author of the paper

Researchers Find DNA of Algea-Virus in Humans Altered Their Cognitive Performance

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 29, 2014 04:20 PM EDT

Scientists from the John Hopkins University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have found the DNA of Acanthocystis turfacea chlorella virus 1, once thought to be confined to only the cells of algae, has invaded the biological kingdom of animals and were found in the throats of healthy test subjects on an unrelated study.

Promethease, a Low-budget Web Service, Partners with a Wiki to Save Direct-to-consumer Genetics Results

Dino Lirios |

Oct 22, 2014 01:18 PM EDT

A low-budget web service called Promethease and a simple wiki page are keeping direct-to-consumer genetics results alive.

DNA Test Results Revealed Students Not in Mexico Mass Grave

Erika Villanueva |

Oct 15, 2014 11:40 AM EDT

Officials testing 28 remains found at a mass grave in southern Mexico revealed that they have yet to find a single match for the missing students since the attack linking local law enforcement officials.

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