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Hawaii officials urge families of people missing after fires to give DNA samples

Authorities in Hawaii have pleaded with relatives of people missing after the deadliest US wildfire in more than a century to come forward and...

Anti-Alzheimer’s vaccine could soon be tested on patients

A vaccine against Alzheimer’s has come a step closer to reality after scientists succeeded in preventing the build-up of toxic brain proteins linked to...

Forensic experts open Salvador Dali’s coffin to take DNA samples

Forensic experts have opened Salvador Dali's coffin to obtain DNA samples that could help settle a paternity lawsuit, a court spokeswoman said. The coffin was...

Scientist creates world’s BIGGEST weed DNA database to increase quality

Cannabis has enjoyed a very strong 2016, becoming legal in many American states and countries across the world – a trend that looks to...

Checkpoint’ stops eggs with DNA damage being fertilised, say scientists

Scientists in England have discovered a safety guard in human eggs which stops those with DNA damage from being fertilised to prevent birth defects. Researchers...

Scientists win chemistry Nobel Prize for work on DNA repair

Sweden’s Tomas Lindahl, American Paul Modrich and US-Turkish scientist Aziz Sancar have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for “mechanistic studies of DNA repair”. The...

DNA tests prove the most fruitful way to pick out cheating tomato growers

Forget doping at major sports events and auto-tuning technology at music concerts, there’s a potentially bigger scandal when it comes to competition cheating at...

Could CT scans damage our DNA and kill off our cells?

CT scans used throughout the NHS can damage DNA and kill cells, a study has found. Whether the harmful effects increase the risk of cancer...

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