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Targeted mRNA therapy tackles deadly pregnancy condition in mice
Download the Nature Podcast 11 December 2024 In this episode: 00:45 A potential treatment for pre-eclampsia Researchers have…
Ancient DNA data hold insights into past organisms and ecosystems — handle them with more care
DNA fragments extracted from archaeological human remains can be sequenced to identify the microorganisms that caused disease.Credit: Microgen/Getty…
Pan-genome bridges wheat structural variations with habitat and breeding
International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC). Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated…
Computational technologies of the Human Cell Atlas
Single-cell technologies have shattered the fuzzy lenses through which researchers conventionally view biology. Instead of looking at the…
Common genetic variants contribute more to rare diseases than previously thought
Nature, Published online: 20 November 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03554-4 In rare diseases, rare mutations have long been thought of as…
Why a teenager’s bird-flu infection is ringing alarm bells for scientists
Particles of avian influenza (pink) infect a human cell (blue). Early evidence suggests that the virus infecting a…
Structural variation in the pangenome of wild and domesticated barley
Plant growth and high-molecular-weight DNA isolation Twenty-five seeds each from the selected accessions (Supplementary Tables 1 and 7)…
First DNA from Pompeii body casts illuminates who victims were
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius (artist’s illustration) buried the city of Pompeii, Italy, in at least six metres…
Naked mole rats vanquish genetic ghosts — and achieve long life
Naked mole rats — unpretty rodents that can live for more than 30 years — seem to have…
The genomic natural history of the aurochs
van Vuure, C. & van Vuure, T. Retracing the Aurochs: History, Morphology and Ecology of an Extinct Wild…