From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
In this review, Brian Tait, Chief Scientific Officer, Haplomic Technologies Pty Ltd, examines critical aspects of cancer genetic research, emphasising genes that may benefit from single-chromosome ...
Your genes code for all your traits. Some genes are dominant and expressed if you receive a copy from one parent. Others are recessive and only apparent if you receive a copy from both parents. Genes ...
HapHiC is an allele-aware scaffolding tool that uses Hi-C data to scaffold haplotype-phased genome assemblies into chromosome-scale pseudomolecules. Unlike ALLHiC, another allele-aware scaffolder, ...
Mosquitoes kill more people each year than any other animal. In 2023, the blood-sucking insects infected a reported 263 million people with malaria, leading to nearly 600,000 deaths, 80% of which were ...
Credit is a binding agreement to pay back borrowed money plus interest. Types of credit include secured (like mortgages) and unsecured (like personal loans). Credit scores, used in lending decisions, ...
The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.
This oral presentation took place on 2 nd April 2025 as part of the EBMT 51 st Annual Meeting held in Florence, Italy. Each article is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons ...
One of the first fresh GCSEs in a decade will teach students about the climate crisis, sustainability and the natural environment A GCSE in natural history has been given the go-ahead by the UK ...
A proof-of-concept study shows that CRISPR-Cas9 can eliminate extra chromosome copies in Down syndrome cells. The method restores normal gene function but is not yet ready for human trials. Scientists ...
Several genes with varying inheritance patterns are involved in determining your blood type. The most significant gene is the ABO gene which determines your ABO blood type. Like many of your physical ...