As the Cop15 biodiversity conference enters its final days, a stocktaking meeting this weekend in Montreal highlighted a slew of unresolved issues threatening to block a strong outcome. The plenary meeting attended by negotiating teams representing more than 190 countries in Montreal acknowledged considerable progress, but also indicated that there are still many areas of …
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Severe COVID-19 looks frighteningly like old age in the human brain, according to post-mortem analysis of 54 healthy and infected individuals. The study authors say their research is the first to link COVID-19 to molecular signatures of brain aging. “We observed that gene expression in the brain tissue of deceased COVID-19 patients closely resembled that …
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The largest analysis to date of whole-genome sequences from people with autism links new genes and variants to the disease. The results and sequences – from 5,100 people with autism and 6,212 without – are on a cloud-based platform and are available to trained researchers. This effort is the latest advancement of the ongoing MSSNG …
This week’s Guest View is dedicated to veterinary professor Lord Trees who outlines his support for the Gene Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill – which is being heard in England – and its potential to deliver positive results for disease control, animal welfare and environmental impact. He points out, via Science for Sustainable Agriculture, that existing …
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Robert C. Green Chicago Tribune When actor Chris Hemsworth, aka Thor, God of Thunder, agreed to host a National Geographic series about extending human lifespans, he didn’t expect to discover his own genetic risk. But that’s what happened when Hemsworth revealed on an episode of “Limitless” that he carries a common change in the APOE …
import of genetically modified (GM) soy is in the news. Although soy is an important subject, the intention here is to answer doubts about GM crops. The science of GM crops is simple, but there are some apprehensions. We know the evolutionary process that has shaped the current form of cultivated crops through a long …
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To increase the productivity of its small indigenous Badri cow, which grazes on Himalayan medicinal herbs, Uttarakhand is now planning its genetic improvement. To recent Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with Uttarakhand bureaucrats, Hill State Livestock Department officials proposed to use sex sorted semen technology to improve production of Badri cattle. …
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To increase the productivity of its small indigenous Badri cow, which grazes on Himalayan medicinal herbs, Uttarakhand is now planning its genetic improvement. To recent Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with Uttarakhand bureaucrats, Hill State Livestock Department officials proposed to use sex sorted semen technology to improve production of Badri cattle. …
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Summary: Study identifies genetic markers in cells associated with proprioception. The findings provide new clues about how proprioceptive sensory neurons help control movement. Source: Center Max Delbruck To perform coordinated movements, we rely on special sensory neurons in our muscles and joints. Without them, the brain wouldn’t know what the rest of our body is …
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People visit the immersive video experience hosted by the National Geographic Society during a press event during COP15 in Montreal on December 7.ANDREJ IVANOV/Getty Images Anyone who shows up at the UN biodiversity conference, known as COP15, will find that it takes time to get through the door. After first showing proof of vaccination in …
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