Colossal raises $200M to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth, thylacine and dodo
Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth.
China reports a novel virus from 252 patients infected by tick bites
RT-PCR analysis of serum samples from 792 participants, collected between May and July from 2022 to 2024 identified 26 ...
Craving carbs? Blame an ancient gene.
The salivary amylase gene, known as AMY1, is already known to have helped us adapt to eating carbs. It encodes amylase, an ...
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Colossal Secures $200M in Series C Funding From TWG Global on the Back of Numerous World's First Scientific Breakthroughs on Path to De-Extinction
Colossal Biosciences, the world's first de-extinction company, has today announced $200M in a Series C financing by TWG ...
No, we're not 'one mutation away' from an H5N1 bird flu pandemic. Here are the facts
In early December 2024, a group of researchers published an article in the journal Science, entitled "A single mutation in ...
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H5N1 killed 4 big cats in Nagpur zoo. Why this bird flu spillover in mammals is a big red flag
Three tigers and a leopard had died at the Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada Zoological Park late December. That they succumbed to ...
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If There Is a Monster in Loch Ness, This Geneticist Will Find It
IlluminaProfessor Neil Gemmell has a new plan to expand environmental DNA collection from the legendary lakeOriginally published on Illumina News CenterThe platypus is a venomous mammal that lays eggs ...
Bird flu patient had virus mutations, sparking concern about human spread
The patient in Louisiana who was hospitalized with severe bird flu illness was found to have a mutated version of the virus, ...
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Chimps Use Both Genetics and Behavior to Adapt to Different Environments
Scientists conducted largest ever genetic analysis of geologically and ecologically diverse group of chimpanzees.
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Why mutation in bird flu (H5N1) virus has raised concerns
CDC has asserted that the risk to general public is considerably low, and that there has not been any spread of the bird flu from the patients ...
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Genetics of alternating sexes in walnuts
Biologists have revealed genetics behind the alternating sexes of walnut trees. The research reveals a mechanism that has been stable in walnuts and their ancestors going back 40 million years -- and ...