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Researchers Discover New Genetic Link to Baldness

A new genetic link to hair loss has been discovered by German researchers led by Felix Brockschmidt of the University of Bonn, a finding revealed in Nature Genetics. Many men and women experience hair...

created by Terri Potratz | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Abortion, pro-life, pro-choice, and fetus rights

jaurez

I'm pro-life for me, pro-choice for you

The discourse surrounding abortion is often clouded with ambiguity. Labels such as "pro-life" seem to condemn all those who are "pro-choice" as being against life. The label "pro-choice" does not...

opinion by jaurez | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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BigT

Scientist Creates Life!

In their biggest step to making a real life girlfriend, scientist Craig Venter of genome fame, has claimed to create the first artificial life source thereby becoming the first scientist to reproduce. Seriously,...

created by BigT | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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mpress

The Man Who is Creating Artificial Life

Let us hope that these experiments do not create a synthetic Frankenstein"Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic...

created by mpress | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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Scientists Find Chromosome Link to Heart Disease

"All Things Considered, May 3, 2007 · Scientists are reporting that a region on chromosome 9 is related to an increased risk of heart disease. It's the latest finding in what has become a deluge of genetic information from studies that look for genetic differences between...

created by KevinIsLost | 6 years ago
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Darwin's worst nightmare...White Supremacists will love this

"White men with a rare Yorkshire surname have been found to be descended from black African ancestors who came to Britain many centuries ago. A study of Caucasian men who share the same English surname has found that they also share a type of Y chromosome that has previously...

created by angryindian | 6 years ago
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First time Hybrid Speciation found in Animals

jorolat

First time Hybrid Speciation found in Animals

High in the Sierra Nevada mountains, a new species of butterfly has emerged as a hybrid of two existing species. It is the first time that this type of species formation has been shown in animals, according to the...