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Geneticists Are Finally Hunting For The Mysterious Genes That Still Lurk In Our DNA

Researchers in the U.K. launched a database, dubbed the "unknome," to research understudied proteins in our genome.

Inverse

See stunning likeness of Zlatý kůň, the oldest modern human to be genetically sequenced

Researchers created a facial approximation of a 45,000-year-old individual who is believed to be the oldest anatomically modern human ever to be genetically sequenced.

LiveScience

Cells with bare minimum genes can still evolve as fast as normal cells: study

Researchers from Indiana University, Bloomington, studied a synthetically designed ‘minimal’ cell, containing only genes essential for survival, and found that it could evolve as fast as a normal cell. This “demonstrates the capacity for organisms to adapt, even with an unnatural genome that would seemingly provide little flexibility,” said Jay…

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Edinburgh University scientists awarded £46.3m for research into ‘dark genome’

The funding has been awarded by the Medical Research Council.

The Independent UK

Crazy ants with crazier genetics

As yellow crazy ants spread across the globe, researchers are shocked by their strange genetics

Salon

Rheumatic heart disease in Indigenous children could be spread by throat bacteria, researchers find

Exclusive: strep A genome sequencing by Australian scientists will likely have implications for prevention and vaccine development

The Guardian - AU

Evolution is the right of all life forms – even synthetic ones

Researchers led by Jay T. Lennon at Indiana University in Bloomington, U.S., attempted to understand how a synthetic life-form would adapt or evolve over time, especially in situations where the raw materials required to do so could be limited.

The Hindu

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Study links endogamy to persistence of harmful genetic variants in India

A new study has found higher frequency of homozygous genotypes in South-Asian populations, most likely as a result of caste, endogamy, and consanguineous sexual unions. Such a frequency could lead to higher risk of genetic disorders.

The Hindu

Can This Genetically Engineered Tree Help Solve Climate Change?

Scientists create a genetically engineered species of poplar tree containing less lignin, a structural material of wood.

Inverse

Sea snakes might have evolved to see colors again: Research

The annulated sea snake, a species of venomous snake found in ocean waters around Australia and Asia, appears to have evolved to see an extended palette of colours after its ancestors lost that ability in response to changing environments, according to a new paper published in Genome Biology and Evolution…

Dynamite News

Scientists decode genome of Indian shrimp variety

ICAR-CIBA Scientists have decoded genome of Indian white shrimp. It’s the first step to making India self-reliant July 10 will be celebrated as National Fish Farmers Day in Mamallapuram

The Hindu

Scientists Just Created Artificial Cells That Evolve Faster Than Natural Ones

Minimal cells are synthetic cells with streamlined genomes. New study find these sorts of cells are still able to grow and evolve.

Inverse

Aurigene Pharma to set up facility with $40 million in Genome Valley

A step-down subsidiary of pharma major Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories, it intends to invest $40 million (around ₹330 crore), which will be generating around 200 direct jobs and 60-70 indirect employment opportunities over the next three years.

The Hindu

Newborn genome-sequencing unlocks the blueprint of health

One recent study conducted by the US NIH BabySeq project, and published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, evaluated the sequences of 127 apparently healthy and 32 sick infants. It found that just over 10% of infants had an unanticipated risk of genetic diseases. When these infants were followed…

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Why Giraffes Are Even More Endangered Than Previously Thought

Giraffe numbers have declined rapidly in the last 30 years, with fewer than 100,000 individuals remaining worldwide.

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Study finds genomic resources to improve fisheries' climate resilience

Researchers found candidate genes that could help fish tolerate warmer and saltier water have been identified, potentially providing a vital resource to guide breeding programmes in freshwater aquaculture. Read further on Dynamite News:

Daily Mirror

Ancient deadly disease could be tackled through DNA as UK mutant superstrains feared

TB is overtaking Covid-19 as the most deadly infectious disease and experts fear mutant superstrains could be imported to Britain

The Hindu

How genome sequences tracked down an ancient disease

Scientists have traced the prehistoric trail of many major human pathogens in recent years, providing an unparalleled view of the evolution and adaptation of human pathogens. This article takes a closer at the origins of the cause of the bubonic plague.

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Primate genome study reveals evolutionary traits, human uniqueness and disease mutations

CCMB team, along with international scientists, conducted genome sequencing of 809 individuals from 233 primate species, covering nearly half of all existing primate species on earth

The Independent UK

‘Game changing’ research reveals full genome sequences of hundreds of primates

The data will open up a new era in primate research, experts suggest.

Reuters

What makes us human? Primate genome study offers some clues

The most comprehensive genomic study ever on primates - a group whose membership includes lemurs, monkeys, apes and people - has revealed pivotal genetic traits that are uniquely human while refining the timeline for our evolutionary lineage's split from our closest cousins, the chimpanzees and bonobos.

The Guardian - UK

China overtakes US in contributions to nature and science journals

Citations of Chinese research have risen because of sequencing of Covid-19 genome

The Conversation

Ancient humans may have paused in Arabia for 30,000 years on their way out of Africa

Most scientists agree modern humans developed in Africa, more than 200,000 years ago, and that a great human diaspora across much of the rest of the world occurred between perhaps 60,000 and 50,000 years ago.

The Hindu

COVID-19 genomics body INSACOG has not put out weekly bulletin since March 27

A top official from the Department of Biotechnology said sequencing had dipped because fewer samples were being made available to network-labs from hospitals and medical colleges for sequencing

The Hindu

Science This Week | Bezos’ Blue Origin to develop moon lander, genome helps find origin of humans and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

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