FeaturedGenetics·July 21, 2015·5 min readAltering Our RNA to Increase LifespanResearchers report altering the RNA helicases in roundworms doubles their lifespans. They believe a similar technique could also work on human cells.Read More
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FeaturedGenetics·November 1, 2013·5 min readStudy Finds a Patchwork of Genetic Variation in the BrainResearchers discover a surprising degree of variation among the genomes of individual neurons taken from the same brain.Read More