Is âDo Unto Othersâ Written Into Our Genes?
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Where do moral rules come from? From reason? From God? Some suggest morality can be found buried deep in evolution.
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George Church wants to sequence your genome.
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Scientists say they have identified a gene that appears to be linked to both alcoholism and depression, a finding that one day may help identify those at higher risk for the diseases and guide new treatments.
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Scientists believe they have discovered a gene which plays a critical role in the development of sperm.
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Tim Harford writes that human beings are rational creatures who respond to incentives and rewards. No matter how bizarre a choice might seem, there is logic at work.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 26 : A study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre has found that the action of a gene in the body is associated with type 2 diabetes.
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Wake Forest University scientists have identified a gene that may be responsible for up to 20 percent of type 2 diabetes cases. Pinpointing the PTPN1 gene could help researchers develop new therapies and provide
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Certain genes are known to promote cancer, and one such &quot;oncogene&quot; called MYC is commonly activated in liver tumors. Researchers in California have
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Genes that control the size and complexity of the brain have undergone much more rapid evolution in humans than in non-human primates or other mammals, according to a new study by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers.
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The sophistication of the human brain is not simply the result of steady evolution, according to new research. Instead, humans are truly privileged animals with brains that have developed in a type of extraordinarily
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Scientists have discovered that the sweetness of revenge may have a neurological basis. A Swiss brain imaging study shows that punishing people when they behave unfairly
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Tycho:  He came into work yesterday with a prescription for something that will alter his brain chemistry, which I thought was a big step for the man who refuses to take aspirin.  We've long canonized our respective lunacies, believing it is like some artistic sacrament that makes our bizarre endeavor possible.  We have relied upon them.  Or, at any rate, we did.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes
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By Rick Weiss  WASHINGTON  --  The first concerted effort to understand all the inner workings of the DNA molecule is overturning a host of long- held assumptions about the nature of genes and their role in human health and evolution, scientists reported Wednesday.
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Here&#39;s something to ponder when you eat your next chicken wing: A new study says about 60 percent of the genes in the critter you&#39;re eating have close cousins in your own DNA.
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But did they have much to say? Neanderthals may have a reputation in popular culture as a lumbering, grunting people, but researchers have discovered that they did have a gene thought to play a key role in speech.â¦
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A collection of genes involved in early development may help explain why black babies are more at risk of sudden infant death syndrome than other US groups, researchers said on ...