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The scientists used a combination of short- and long-read sequencing data to assemble and analyze genomes from 28 members of the same family.

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An extended family in that South American country has a devastating genetic variant that triggers early-onset dementia. "They ...

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The yeast RGG motif-containing RNA binding protein Scd6 and its human ortholog LSM14A regulate the translation of specific ...

Scientists have discovered how chemokines and G protein-coupled receptors selectively bind each other to control how cells move.

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by ...