“In the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are still active. Some cells even increase their activity and grow to gargantuan proportions, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago.” | learn more
These researchers did a genetic analysis of 1,387 Europeans and plotted them on a chart that looks a lot like a map of Europe. If anyone can explain Principal Component Analysis of genomes to me, I’d be eager to listen. | learn […]
Excel wins! “Scientists have renamed 27 human genes to stop Microsoft Excel misreading them as dates.” | learn more
The peer-reviewed journal Genes, Brain and Behavior published an article on May 12th, 2017 with credits to 10 authors. Then, in their September issue they had to retract it because the authors couldn’t agree to the order of their names. | learn more
Through a process called RNA editing, cephalopods are able to edit their genomes in 11,000 different places. | lean more