Alzheimer’s disease is still destroying people’s brains. The cause remains unknown. Around the world, there will be walks to raise money for medical research.... »
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Eddie Murphy is not sure if he is a father of an unborn child.
Eddie Murphy has said that he’s not sure if he’s the father of ex-Spice Girl Melanie Brown’s unborn child. And, he demanded a DNA test to prove he is the father of her unborn child. Eddie Murphy claims to have split with Melanie Brown during a TV interview to promote his new film Dreamgirls.... »
Copy Number Variations (CNVs)-Diseases and Evolution
Stephen W. Scherer, and colleagues at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI discovered this extent of genetic variation. This discovery change the way we think about genetic diseases and human evolution. Current ThinkingCurrent thinking is that the six billion humans alive today are 99.9 percent similar when it comes to genetic content and identity. But... »
What'd happen if Neanderthal had a better gene?
What happens if they had better genes? We’d have big trouble; we competed with them for the habitats, foods and more. Based on analysis of one million “base pairs” of genetic material of a 38,000-year-old Neanderthal fossil, researchers believe modern humans and Neanderthals split evolutionary company 500,000 years ago. This fossil was recovered from a... »