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Using a groundbreaking method, researchers have likely identified the lost remains of the second governor of the colony of ...

DZNE researchers have generated new insights into how the human genome shapes the chemical composition and concentration of ...

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White blood cells called neutrophils act as factories for C4A, linking peripheral immunity to schizophrenia and synaptic pruning.

Researchers at McGill University have discovered a centuries-old genetic mutation that helps to explain why some ...

New DNA analysis of remains belonging to direct descendants of Christopher Columbus might have uncovered information about ...

A new study led by researchers at the UMass Amherst suggests that more than half of type 2 diabetes cases could be prevented ...

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