Genetic risk scores help predict type 2 diabetes in people of south Asian origin, study finds
Combining a genetic risk score with a clinical risk score improved the prediction of type 2 diabetes in British Pakistani ...
Tag: Origin
Researchers reveal the origin story for carbon-12, a building block for life
AMES, Iowa – With the help of the world’s most powerful supercomputer and new artificial intelligence techniques, an international team ...
Cancer origin identified through cell ‘surgery’ – new research
Research from the University of Warwick sheds new light on a key cause of cancer formation during cell division (or mitosis), ...
New data revealed about the origin of circulatory system during development
Researchers are closer to understanding the earliest beginnings of the circulatory system during embryonic development – a discovery that could ...
Is the origin of cultivated kumquat species implicated with Hong Kong kumquat? Probably no.
Kumquat (Fortunella spp.), a common fruit crop and ornamental tree, is characterized by small, flavorful, and brilliant orange-like fruit. The ...
Century-old malaria parasite puzzle solved as ape origin traced
Scientists have solved a 100-year-old mystery about the evolutionary links between malaria parasites that infect humans and chimpanzees. They have ...
Study shows critical protein may play a role in origin of mesothelioma
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and their international collaborators have discovered that a protein critical in ...
Frequency-dependent polarization of repeating fast radio bursts reveals their origin
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are the brightest millisecond-duration astronomical transients in radio bands with yet unknown origin. Credit: NAOC Fast ...
NASA rocket mission to study the origin of slow solar winds
The Sun’s atmosphere, or corona, is beaming with activity. Solar flares and coronal mass injections send high-energy particles out into ...
7,000-year-old grains hints at origin of Swiss pile dwellings
There is no other place where so many Neolithic pile dwellings have been uncovered as around the Alps. It is ...
Mystery solved about the origin of the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf
The almost 11 cm high figurine from Willendorf is one of the most important examples of early art in Europe. ...
Bestselling book ‘Origin’ details peopling of the Americas via latest genetic and archaeological evidence
LAWRENCE — A new book for popular audiences combines archaeology with emerging genetic evidence to tell the story of peoples from ...
Origin of supermassive black hole flares identified: largest-ever simulations suggest flickering powered by magnetic ‘reconnection’
Black holes aren’t always in the dark. Astronomers have spotted intense light shows shining from just outside the event horizon ...
Remittances sent by immigrants to their countries of origin, one of the most powerful weapons against dictatorships
Global migration may be one of the most powerful drivers of democracy, simply by letting people move, work, and share ...
Txikispora philomaios, a parasite that will help to explain the origin of animal multicellularity
The researcher Ander Urrutia of the UPV/EHU’s Cell Biology in Environmental Toxicology research group and Animal Pathology at CEFAS/OIE, is ...
Origin of rare disease FOP rooted in muscle regeneration dysfunction
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare disease characterized by extensive bone growth outside of the normal skeleton that pre-empts ...
Martian meteorite’s organic materials origin not biological, formed by geochemical interactions between water and rock
Washington, DC—Organic molecules found in a meteorite that hurtled to Earth from Mars were synthesized during interactions between water and ...
Venoms in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin
Snakes, some lizards and even a few mammals can have a venomous bite. Although these lineages split more than 300 ...
The origin of neuronal diversity
Our brain is extremely complex, performing countless complicated processes that allow us to think, move and feel. This is only ...
A missing genetic switch at the origin of malformations
Embryonic development follows delicate stages: for everything to go well, many genes must coordinate their activity according to a very ...
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Protein supplement helps control Type 2 diabetes
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New survey illustrates challenges associated with healthcare environmental hygiene in facilities worldwide
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Body weight influences the chance of developing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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Discovery offers starting point for better gene-editing tools
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AI learns coral reef ‘song’
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Scientists shine new light on role of Earth’s orbit in the fate of ancient ice sheets