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AI-driven genetic analysis uncovers insights for personalized cancer treatment microbiologystudy
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Models show intensifying wildfires in a warming world due to changes in vegetation and humidity; only a minor role for lightning
Extreme fire seasons in recent years highlight the urgent need to better understand wildfires within the broader context of climate
How DNA’s environment shapes smoking-related cancer risk microbiologystudy
Credit: Nucleic Acids Research (2025). DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaf048 Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that
Global warming and mass extinctions: What we can learn from plants from the last ice age
Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species — according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died
More barriers to genetic testing found for Black children than white children microbiologystudy
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West Africans have a high risk of kidney disease. New study confirms genetic cause microbiologystudy
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Genetic mechanisms underlying Duchenne muscular dystrophy point to potential treatments microbiologystudy
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Boosting autophagy in eggs may reduce DNA damage and reproductive complications microbiologystudy
Schematic model summarizing the impact of DNA double-strand breaks on oocyte meiosis I and the role of autophagy in DNA