A genetic screening study of over 200 autistic New Zealanders found almost 30% had genes that are ‘causal’, or ‘likely […]
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Tracking COVID-19 with genome sequencing – Expert Briefing
The Science Media Centre hosted an online media briefing with Dr Jemma Geoghegan and Dr Joep de Ligt about COVID-19 […]
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The global burden of tuberculosis is falling, but faster detection and treatment would help the process, according to a new […]
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University of Otago researchers have sequenced the mitochondrial DNA from several human samples extracted from the Wairau Bar burial site […]
Continue readingAutism genetics unravelled – experts respond
New research published in the leading journal Nature has started the difficult process picking apart the underlying genetic factors that […]
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