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AI model from Google's DeepMind reads recipe for life in DNA

It could transform our understanding of why diseases develop and the medicines needed to treat them, says researchers.

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Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

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Why do 3 major diseases disproportionately impact Black Canadians? New genome project aims to find out

Researchers in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia are launching a project to map more than 10,000 genomes from Black Canadians with Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and an aggressive form of breast cancer. Project leaders hope their findings eventually help target treatment and preventive care and contribute to better health outcomes for racialized patients.

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Feb 6 14:03Holostean genomes reveal evolutionary novelty in the vertebrate immunoproteasome that have implications for MHCI function by Andi V Barker and others (MBE)
Feb 6 14:03Genomic insights into chromosomal fusion and its evolutionary implications for zokors by Zhuoran Kuang and others (MBE)
Feb 6 14:03Inference and visualization of complex genotype-phenotype maps by Carlos Martí-Gómez and others (MBE)
Feb 6 14:03Tachinid endoparasitoid flies do not rely on domesticated viruses, unlike multiple hymenopteran lineages by Sara Oukkal and others (GBE)
Feb 5 14:03TreeProfiler: Large-scale metadata profiling along gene and species trees by Ziqi Deng and others (MBE)
Feb 5 14:03Viral Simulation Reveals Overestimation Bias in Within-Host Phylodynamic Migration Rate Estimates Under Selection by Nicolas Ochsner and others (MBE)
Feb 5 14:03Dynamic regulation of spermatogenesis and hybrid sterility revealed by single-cell analysis in yak and cattle by Shi-Xin Wu and others (MBE)
Feb 5 14:03Genomic adaptations for tail-length evolution in arboreal snakes by Zeng Wang and others (MBE)
Feb 5 14:03ERGA-BGE Genomes of Culex laticinctus, Culex modestus, Culex perexiguus, andCulex theileri: Unveiling the Genomes of the Key Vectors of West Nile Virus in the Mediterranean Basin by María José Ruiz-López and others (GBE)
Feb 5 14:03Parallel Erosion of a Testis-Specific Na+/K+ ATPase in Three Mammalian Lineages Sheds Light into the Evolution of Spermatozoa Energetics by Raul Valente and others (GBE)
Feb 5 14:03Assessing Ancient DNA Sampling Strategies for Natural Selection Inference in Humans Using Allele Frequency Time Series Data by Lucas Anchieri and others (GBE)
Feb 4 12:00Rapid evolution reveals long-range spread of SARS-CoV-2 - Daniel B. , et al. (PNAS)

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