Goodbye, gel polish. Scientists have found that the UV lamp for manicure causes DNA damage, mutations and increases the risk of skin cancer.
Since hitting the market in 2010, gel manicures have become a staple in beauty salons around the world, and it’s easy to see why. Compared to ordinary…
DNA Genealogy Helps FBI Identify 'Lady in the Dunes' Victim of Massive Murder 50 Years Ago
The FBI has identified a woman who was brutally murdered in 1974 and found in the dunes of Race Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. “Lady in the Dunes”…
Monopoly Illumina's DNA sequencing machines are at risk of a cyberattack. Hackers can change the diagnosis or steal genetic information
U.S. regulators have warned healthcare providers about the risk of Illumina Inc.’s DNA sequencing machines being compromised, which could compromise patient data. Several next-generation devices have been…
Bodies of 63 occupiers found in settlements liberated from invaders in Kharkiv region
In the liberated Kharkiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine collected 63 bodies of Russian soldiers. They plan to exchange them for Ukrainian captured soldiers, or the…
Atrocities of the Russian military in Bucha: relatives of the victims can do free DNA tests
The identification of the Irpins who died at the hands of the Russians also continues. Free DNA tests began to be done to the relatives of the…
Mystery of why humans die around 80 may finally be solved
In contrast, mice suffer 796 mutations a year and only live for 3.7 years. The average human lifespan in the study was 83.6 years, but the mutation…
Crucial role of our ‘junk DNA’ is revealed as whole human genome is finally decoded
“We now know that many diseases are linked to structural repeats in the centromere, and now that these sequences are no longer missing from the human reference…
Airborne DNA could be used to monitor animals in wild, claim scientists
Animals could be discovered in the wild by sampling the air, after scientists showed it was possible to pick up the floating DNA of individual species. Researchers…
Blended families existed in the Neolithic age, say Harvard scientists
Archaeologists had first excavated the site in a four-year-long project between 1979 to 1982 after surveys showed it was being damaged by ploughing from farmers. Alan Saville,…