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超级计算机模拟生命起源
10-10-05 Supercomputer simulations（模拟，仿真） at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping scientists unravel（解决） how nucleic acids（核酸 ） could have contributed to the origins of life. A research team led by Jeremy Smith,...
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非裔美国人患哮喘与基因血统无关
10-09-28 Genetic ancestry has no discernible（可辨别的） influence on how African American patients with asthma respond to medication, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. Researchers found that improved lung function in patients after taking inhaled（...
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头颈部肿瘤发病率与种族之间的关系
10-09-27 Head and neck cancer outcomes associated with race may be more closely linked to social and behavioral factors than biological differences, especially for African Americans, according to a new Henry Ford Hospital study. Researchers found that while...
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都市生活可使人体对肺结核产生免疫性
10-09-24 New research has found that a genetic variant which reduces the chance of contracting diseases such as tuberculosis（肺结核） and leprosy（麻风病） is more prevalent in populations with long histories of urban living. The research, published in the...
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北极土壤研究结果令人吃惊
10-09-24 Across the globe, the diversity of plant and animal species generally increases from the North and South Poles towards the Equator（赤道） but surprisingly that rule isn't true for soil bacteria, according to a new study by Queen's University biolog...
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科学家发现近视相关基因
10-09-18 Scientists have discovered strands of genetic code linked to short sight, the most common eye disorder in the world. 科学家最近发现了一组与近视有关的遗传密码，近视是目前世界上最常见的眼部疾患。 The findings shed light on what goes awry（失败，出错）...
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海牛亚种差异性显著
10-09-14 The first genetic study to compare nuclear DNA of endangered Antillean manatees（海牛） in Belize with Florida manatees confirmed their designation as separate subspecies（亚种） . Belize's manatees, however, were found to have extremely low genetic...
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火鸡基因组定序成功
10-09-08 An international consortium（联合，财团） of researchers has completed the majority of the genome sequence of the domesticated（家养的，驯服的） turkey, publishing it in the online open-access journal PLoS Biology next week. In 2008, the research co...
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青少年学习成绩受多巴胺基因影响
10-09-03 The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects English, math, science, history if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine（多巴胺） gene variations, according to a study led by renowned（著...
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癌症预防性手术可挽救妇女的生命
10-09-01 A new study underscores（强调） the importance for women with a family history of breast or ovarian（卵巢的） cancer to get genetic counseling and testing for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that make them more likely to develop lethal（致命的） breast or...
