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Monday’s Nobel Prize in the category of physiology or medicine is a welcome reminder of the value of pursuing research that ...

Jack Faris interviews PNRI's brilliant scientists to uncover what excites them about genetic research, what inspired their ...

These days, testing your DNA is easier than ever. There are many at-home DNA testing kits to choose from, so all you need are DNA samples to learn more about your heritage and family history.

They were looking at two worms that looked a bit funny and decided to understand why. And then they discovered an entirely ...

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Finding a naturally occurring DNA-protein hybrid and determining how a bacterium can be induced to make it would streamline what is now a slow, labor-intensive process, Nair said. "Lots of high ...

BOSTON - A psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School helps explain why we crave junk food and what we can try to do about it. In the Harvard Gazette, Dr. Uma Naidoo said that unlike our distant ...

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