genetics

Alzheimer's insight from DNA study

Posted in Medicine on 28th Oct, 2013
by Alex Muller

A clearer picture of what causes Alzheimer's disease is emerging after the largest ever analysis of patients' DNA.

Why are apes more genetically diverse than we are?

Posted in Featured, Science on 28th Oct, 2013
by Alex Muller

New research points the finger at molecular parasites called transposons.