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Altering a mosquito's gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation of their species shows promise as an approach to curb malaria. Altering a mosquito's gut genes to make ...

Challenges in RNA-Seq analysis. (a) Commonly used normalization methods assume that only a small proportion of transcripts are differentially expressed between conditions (small, dashed inner circle ...

A genetic risk for heart disease is far less predictive of problems than actual lifestyle risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes -- even among younger adults. In a ...

Millions struggle with depression and anxiety, often enduring long waits for effective treatment. Scientists in Sweden, ...

Altering a mosquito's gut genes to make them spread antimalarial genes to the next generation of their species shows promise as an approach to curb malaria, suggests a preliminary study published ...