Researchers have identified mutations in the non-coding gene RNU2-2 as a cause of a newly defined neurodevelopmental disorder ...

One such process, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), is used to "amplify" the number of DNA strands in a blood sample from a few thousand to many millions. The sample then undergoes a process called DNA ...

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DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Value chain analysis is an investigation of a business's value chain, the full range of activities a company conducts to create a product or a service. The purpose of value-chain analysis is to ...

This genetic reunion, occurring roughly 300,000 years ago, resulted in one group contributing 80% of modern human DNA, while the other provided the remaining 20%. These findings suggest human ...

Here are the seven best steakhouses according to customers, ranked from least to most-liked. Saltgrass Steakhouse, a Houston-based chain owned by Landry's, got a few honorable mentions. Pros: Many ...

A new study suggests that severe trauma, like that experienced in war, can leave epigenetic “scars” on DNA that endures for generations. In the early 1980s, the Syrian regime carried out a ...

All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million years ago and reunited through interbreeding about 300,000 years ago. The genetic mixture is approximately 80% from one ...