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apes / chimpanzees / conservation / Earth and Environment / endangered species / genes

Genetics track mining’s threat to endangered chimps

Researchers are using genetic information from western chimpanzees in Guinea to evaluate the effects of mining on the endangered species.

Alzheimer's disease / genes / Health and Medicine / race and ethnicity

Gene variant tied to African ancestry ups Alzheimer’s risk

A genetic risk factor found almost exclusively in people of at least partial African ancestry boosts risk of Alzheimer’s disease—but only sometimes.

Alzheimer's disease / genes / Health and Medicine / race and ethnicity

Gene variant tied to African ancestry ups Alzheimer’s risk

A genetic risk factor found almost exclusively in people of at least partial African ancestry boosts risk of Alzheimer’s disease—but only sometimes.

artificial intelligence / genes / Health and Medicine / hearts

Can AI diagnose cardiovascular disease faster?

Using artificial intelligence to examine genes in DNA may offer a way to predict cardiovascular disease, report researchers.

artificial intelligence / genes / Health and Medicine / hearts

Can AI diagnose cardiovascular disease faster?

Using artificial intelligence to examine genes in DNA may offer a way to predict cardiovascular disease, report researchers.

children's health / COVID-19 / genes / Health and Medicine / immune systems

3 faulty genes may clarify some severe COVID in kids

“The patients are sick not because of the virus,” says Jean-Laurent Casanova. “They’re sick because they excessively respond to the virus.”

colors / genes / pets / reptiles / Science and Technology / snakes

To explain piebald pythons, study pets and lizards

New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.

colors / genes / pets / reptiles / Science and Technology / snakes

To explain piebald pythons, study pets and lizards

New research with pythons and lizards identifies a gene that results in white blotches, or piebald coloration, in reptiles.

climate change / Earth and Environment / fungi / genes / Health and Medicine

Climate change may drive fungi to harm our bodies

New research indicates that pathogenic fungi may cause more human diseases as they adapt to climate change.

brains / genes / Health and Medicine / neurodegenerative diseases

Team pinpoints genetic cause of late-onset ataxia

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown genetic cause of the neurodegenerative disease late-onset cerebellar ataxia.

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