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Swedish genetic historian Svante Paabo, who sequenced the genome of the Neanderthal and discovered Denisova, a previously unknown precursor of Homo sapiens, on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize, the first of this year's awards from the Swedish Academy.

Dr Svante Pääbo is also behind discovery of a previously unknown extinct hominin species

The Nobel Prizes for 2022 kickstarted with the Physiology or Medicine Nobel announcement

Sequencing behemoth Illumina unveiled a new line of instruments today.

In 2016, LSD was reported from Russia and South-East European nations. In the Indian subcontinent, it was initially observed in Bangladesh in 2019, followed by China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Myanmar

Finding raises questions about efficacy of the new vaccine

‘Capabilities offered through this centre can reduce the time to launch a product’

Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8 people around the world were affected by mental disorders like depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. While scientists have long known that many of these disorders run in families, their genetic basis isn’t entirely clear. One…

Specialised techniques discussed at workshop conducted by Genome Foundation

The native Australian rodent Pseudomys fumeus, named smoky mouse for its colour, was already fighting off extinction when the 2019–20 bushfire season hit.

Via El Planteo - Original publication: September 8, 2021.