How the Y chromosome makes some cancers more deadly for men(nature.com)

78 points by gmays 3 years ago | 51 comments

What Rosalind Franklin contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure(nature.com)

140 points by Feuilles_Mortes 3 years ago | 111 comments

How many medical studies are faked or flawed?(web.archive.org)

247 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 203 comments

Psilocybin desynchronizes the human brain(nature.com)

215 points by kieckerjan 2 years ago | 187 comments

Modern genetic data suggests pre-humans were a group of only 1,280 individuals(nature.com)

257 points by geox 3 years ago | 158 comments

A nuclear clock synchronized to 229Th(nature.com)

13 points by sbulaev 18 days ago | 3 comments

Open-access Nature research article reporting a nuclear clock synchronized to the thorium-229 nuclear transition.

Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome(academic.oup.com)

359 points by MattSayar 1 year ago | 350 comments

Open-access PNAS Nexus journal article describing trisomic rescue in trisomy 21 cells by allele-specific multiple chromosome cleavage with CRISPR-Cas9.

Scientists Untangle the Biology of an 'Undruggable' Cancer Gene(nytimes.com)

4 points by gumby 24 days ago | 2 comments

New York Times article on scientists working out the biology of a cancer gene long considered undruggable; the capture shows only a captcha page.

How to sequence your own DNA at home(bradleywoolf.com)

346 points by bilsbie 3 months ago | 132 comments

Bradley Woolf's personal guide to sequencing his own genome at home with an Oxford Nanopore MinION, from swab collection and prep to sequencing and analysis.

Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment(nytimes.com)

1122 points by jbredeche 1 year ago | 470 comments

New York Times article about a baby treated with the first personalized gene-editing therapy for a rare genetic disorder.

Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world(news.ucsc.edu)

414 points by XzetaU8 11 months ago | 284 comments

UC Santa Cruz news article reporting research suggesting early developing human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world.

Why the AI future will be awesome(nullpaste.org)

5 points by samstress 18 days ago | 6 comments

A plain-text essay arguing that AI will bring humanity's best era, addressing concerns like bioweapons, AI cyberattacks, and misalignment.