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Syria’s first DNA-based identifications offer hope for families of missing persons
The cases offer a possible path towards answers for families across Syria, where tens of thousands of people remain missing after decades of repression under Assad family rule and civil war.
Ancient sheep virus traced through DNA preserved in medieval manuscripts
Tracing roots: Why every Jew should reclaim family histories disrupted by the Holocaust - opinion
‘Smoking gun evidence’: Bronze Age shaman long thought to be male revealed to be female goldworker
Study reveals caffeine enhances DNA repair and stress response in cells, potentially slowing aging
Study reveals caffeine enhances DNA repair and stress response in cells, potentially slowing aging.
DNA analysis reveals 9,000-years-old women-led society in Turkey
Study finds women and girls were key figures in Neolithic settlement, with maternal lineage shaping household burials.
Viking Age dogs in Finland were locally bred, new DNA study finds
Ancient DNA shows no evidence of imported dogs in Luistari burials.
Scientists create mice with two fathers that produce healthy offspring
Researchers used epigenome engineering and CRISPR to reprogram sperm DNA, allowing embryos to develop with only fathers.
DNA test links blood on 'weeping' Madonna to mystic who claims to multiply gnocchi, pizza
Vatican declares alleged Trevignano apparitions non-supernatural.
DNA analysis reveals 4,500-year-old maternal society in China
The Fujia site shows two maternal clans linked by marriage, suggesting that nearly 5,000 years ago, women may have played a central role in governance and social cohesion.
'Dragon Man' skull identified as Denisovan through DNA analysis
Thanks to the well-preserved Harbin skull, we finally know what Denisovans looked like.
Dozens of Israeli children develop malignant tumors from sperm donor
The Health Ministry issued an unusual warning following the discovery of a sperm donor who carried a rare syndrome that increases the risk of many types of cancer in offspring.
Breakthrough DNA study reveals unknown ancient humans in Colombia
Geneticist Casas-Vargas: "That genetic traces of the original population disappear completely is unusual, especially in South America".
Scientists discover six living male descendants of Leonardo da Vinci
DNA testing confirmed the genetic continuity of the male line within the da Vinci family.