Scattered through the genomes of humans around the world we can find remnants of a Neanderthal ancestry. In some, this bestows resilience to illness, or even a unique head shape. A rare few, it seems, have inherited the Neanderthals' sensitive side. Evolutionary geneticists have taken a close look at a genetic variation in Neanderthal DNA…
A mutation in the genome of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, strengthens the spikes on the outside of the virus, allowing it to better latch on to its host. An illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (photo credit: MAM/CDC/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) A marginal genetic…
By Christopher Carbone, Fox News April 21, 2020 | 8:17pm Enlarge Image A health worker shows a negative result for coronavirus (Covid-19) test. Andressa Anholete / Getty Images The novel coronavirus has mutated into at least 30 different genetic variations, according to a new study in China. The results showed that medical officials have vastly…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The novel coronavirus has mutated into at least 30 different genetic variations, according to a new study in China.The results showed that medical officials have vastly underestimated the overall ability of the virus to mutate, in finding that different strains have…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…