The DNA of a dead person from Pompeii decrypted
For the first time, a team has succeeded in analyzing the genome of one of the victims of Vesuvius. They remained frozen for eternity. Trapped ...
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Genetic mutations, clock of life
Long-lived mammals manage to limit the rate of mutation in their cells. A team of scientists has found that different species of mammals, from mice ...
The complete map of the human genome finally unveiled
DECRYPTION – Two decades after a first version, “holes” and errors have been corrected thanks to major advances in sequencing. Even if the Human Genome ...
Two founding texts stored on DNA and deposited in the National Archives
French researchers have digitized the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and that of the Rights of Women and of the ...
The mystery of the Tarim mummies partly solved with DNA
Long attributed to Europeans, these ancient remains discovered in China belonged to a genetically isolated Asian group. Who are these mysterious people who left hundreds ...
The history of the settlement of Polynesia is clarified thanks to genetics
DECRYPTION – The analysis of the DNA of 430 Polynesians makes it possible to trace the route taken by the first inhabitants of the Pacific. ...
The incredible saga of Crispr, the tool that modifies living beings
STORY – Today we can manipulate the DNA of bacteria, plants, animals, and of course, our own. For the good? This article is from Figaro ...
The secret of protein folding revealed by Google
A Google artificial intelligence can predict the 3D structure of just about any molecule encoded by the human genome. A major advance which opens up ...
“In ten or twenty years, we will die of infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics”
SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE – Scientist Edith Heard heads the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, whose 1,800 employees are dedicated to unraveling the secrets of living things. ...
A war of genes with Neanderthals
Analysis of the DNA of the oldest Homo sapiens in Europe tells us about the first settlements on the continent. 40,000 years ago Neanderthals disappeared ...