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October 08, 2015

How elephants crush cancer

ScienceNOW - Posted: October 8th, 2015, 11:00am UTC
Pachyderms carry multiple copies of cancer-fighting gene

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Homosexuality may be caused by chemical modifications to DNA

ScienceNOW - Posted: October 8th, 2015, 9:45am UTC
A new study suggests that methylation patterns in DNA may influence sexual orientation

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Australian campaigners win gene patenting victory

ScienceNOW - Posted: October 8th, 2015, 7:30am UTC
Highest court overturns earlier ruling and declares gene sequences not patentable

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AIDS pioneer finally brings AIDS vaccine to clinic

ScienceNOW - Posted: October 8th, 2015, 5:30am UTC
Robert Gallo, the “co-discoverer” of HIV, joins the beleaguered search for the ultimate preventive

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Rat brain—or a smidgeon of it—is modeled in a computer

ScienceNOW - Posted: October 8th, 2015, 3:30am UTC
Exquisite detail fails to sway critics of larger effort to simulate human brain

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First DNA extracted from an ancient African skeleton shows widespread mixing with Eurasians

ScienceNOW - Posted: October 8th, 2015, 2:00am UTC
Genome of 4500-year old bones from Ethiopia suggests ancient migration into Africa

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