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I'm a hair health expert, and I want men to stop blaming their fathers for thinning hair. Genetics is only half the story.

Sun, 06/30/2024 - 07:34

Giorgos Tsetis sitting next to his father and son on a chair — The CEO of Nutrafol, Giorgos Tsetis, left, says thinning hair shouldn't be blamed on our fathers.
Courtesy of Giorgos Tsetis

health, Essay, health-freelancer, health, hair-loss, balding, Genetics

Montana rancher paid $4,200 to clone a dead sheep and launched a farm of super hybrids worth up to $550,000

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 18:05

An argali sheep with large horns in a forest — An argali sheep similar to the one that was cloned in Montana.
Wirestock/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Science, animal-cloning, Genetics, Biotech, lacey-act, Sheep

$1.5 billion startup says it's getting close to bringing the woolly mammoth back from the dead with elephant cells

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 08:18

woolly mammoth model with long curled tusks and shaggy hair stands in a museum exhibit with visitors reading a plaque — A woolly mammoth reconstruction at the Caverne du Pont D'Arc in Ardèche, France.
Jean-Marc Zaorski/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Science, news-uk, Genetics, stem-cells, mammoth, woolly-mammoth

Scientists discovered which dogs live the longest after studying 155 different breeds, and it could help you be a better pet owner

Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:02

A Shiba Inu smiling and standing outside. — feng xu/Getty Images

Science, Dogs, Pets, Longevity, dog-breeds, Genetics

Multiple sclerosis is more common among white Europeans. Researchers studying ancient DNA may have figured out why.

Sat, 01/13/2024 - 08:07

Bronze decorated with horses, people, parasites, and DNA — Researchers have traced genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis to a population of herders who arrived in Europe 5,000 years ago.
SayoStudio

Science, health, ancient-dna, Genetics, multiple-sclerosis, bronze-age, dna

The FDA just approved the first gene editing therapy for sickle cell anemia, but it'll cost $2.2 million per person

Sat, 12/09/2023 - 15:12

sickle cell anemia — The FDA approved the first gene therapy for sickle cell anemia.
Meletios Verras/ iStock

health, News, health, sickle-cell-disease, anemia, nobel-prize, gene-editing

Parasitic worms highjack their hosts' free will, and scientists finally think they know how

Mon, 11/13/2023 - 19:38

A worm, Chordodes fukuii, and a mantid, Tenodera
angustipennis, pose with a leaf for scale. — In a fight between this measly worm and majestic mantis, who do you think would win? You might be surprised.
Takuya Sato

Science, science-freelance, parasite, Insects, mind-control, Biology, Genetics

Most of us have a bit of Neanderthal DNA, with some more than others. Scientists think they've figured out why.

Thu, 10/19/2023 - 07:47

neanderthal — A child stands nose to nose with a model of a Neanderthal at the Neanderthal Museum in Germany.
Neanderthal Museum (Mettman, Germany)

Science, news-uk, Neanderthals, homo-sapiens, Genetics

The world's first dog-fox hybrid was genetically confirmed in Brazil. It's a problem.

Mon, 10/02/2023 - 14:00

Domestic dog on left and pampas fox on right. — A dog-fox hybrid between a domestic dog (like the one on the left) and a pampas fox (like the one on the right) was long thought to be impossible.
Lourdes Balduque / Edsel Querini / Getty Images

Science, the-conversation, hybrids, hybrid-species, dog, fox, Genetics

Scientists have completely sequenced the human Y chromosome for the first time, with huge implications for heath and evolution research

Wed, 08/23/2023 - 20:15

DNA testing. — DNA testing.
Hero Images / Gerry Images

Science, human-genome, Genetics, y-chromosome, Epigenetics

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