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Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have mapped the human metabolic pathways that Cryptosporidium, an intestinal parasite, requires to survive.
The genetic material from the donor makes up less than 1% of the baby born by using the experimental IVF technique.
In a landmark discovery, researchers from QIMR Berghofer in collaboration with the Francis Crick Institute, have unlocked the secrets of how brain stem cells enter and exit a resting state called ...
The hot North African climate speeds up the breakdown of DNA, and the mummification process might also accelerate it, said Pontus Skoglund, a palaeogeneticist at the Francis Crick Institute in ...
For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the pyramids were first constructed.
DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing evidence of the ties between two great cultures of the period, with a ...
Healthy babies born in Britain after scientists used DNA from three people to avoid genetic disease Researchers have been developing a technique that tries to avoid the problem by using the ...
This lack of mummification likely contributed to the DNA’s long-lasting integrity, allowing researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University in the United ...
Researchers report that eight healthy babies were born with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing rare ...
London — Eight healthy babies were born in Britain with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing devastating rare diseases to their ...