Genomic analysis of prehistoric human remains pushes back the earliest known dates of Yersinia pestis infection by over 1000 years.
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Ancient DNA Reveals Plague Was Already Killing Humans 5500 Years Ago
New research pushing back the timeline of plague shows that Yersinia pestis was infecting and killing humans thousands of years earlier than previously believed.
DNA Repair Gene EXO1 Becomes Cancer-Promoting When Overproduced Researchers Discover
A gene normally protecting DNA can switch roles and start cleaving DNA dangerously when cells produce too much of it offering a new cancer target.
DNA Repair Gene EXO1 Can Turn Dangerous When Overproduced Creating Cancer Vulnerability
Scientists found that a gene normally tasked with protecting DNA starts acting like molecular scissors cutting too aggressively when cells overproduce it.
Ancient DNA Reveals Plague Was Already Killing Humans 5500 Years Ago
Researchers found Yersinia pestis in hunter-gatherer remains in Siberian cemeteries, pushing back the earliest known plague deaths by thousands of years.
Paternity Determination Via DNA Test Allowed Despite Prior Criminal Acquittal Rules Supreme Court
India’s Supreme Court held that a DNA paternity test is permissible even where the respondent was previously acquitted in criminal proceedings.
Scientists Discover Why DNA-Doubled Cells Refuse to Die — A Link to Cancer and Aging
Researchers uncovered why cells with double the normal DNA — linked to cancer and aging — often evade normal cell death mechanisms.