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Rudimentary Liver Grown in vitro
Japanese scientists have used induced stem cells to create a liver-like tissue in a dish. Although they have yet...
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Do Older Dads Have Healthier Kids?
Men who chose to have children later in life have gotten a lot of heat recently, with research churning...
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Relics Attributed to John the Baptist Are From 1st century Middle East
It’s a tantalizing find in a Biblical mystery — Oxford University researchers have concluded that a set of skeletal...
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Still Adapting: Genetic Diversity of ‘Living Fossil’ Coelacanths
The morphology of coelacanths has not fundamentally changed since the Devonian age, that is, for about 400 million years....
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Unraveling the Bonobo’s Genome, and its Secrets
Ulindi, a female bonobo at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany, has had her genome sequenced, researchers reported, making bonobos...
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Nature vs. Nurture: Outcome Depends on Where You Live
The balance of nature and nurture in influencing how a child grows up varies depending on where they live,...
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Skin Cells Reprogrammed Into Brain Cells
Scientists who reprogrammed skin cells into brain cells say their research could lay the groundwork for new ways to...
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DNA Blueprint for Fetus Built Using Tests of Parents
For the first time, researchers have determined virtually the entire genome of a fetus using only a blood sample...
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Protein Knots Gain New Evolutionary Significance
A new study suggests that protein knots, a structure whose formation remains a mystery, may have specific functional advantages...
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Why Humans Prevailed Over Neanderthals
One hundred thousand years ago, several humanlike species walked the Earth. There were tribes of stocky Neanderthals eking out...