Genetics
Young ambassador: A girl’s journey to the World Cup puts a spotlight on genetic awareness
Innovative saliva test launches in Israel to screen for dozens of hereditary diseases
Man's oldest friend: Dogs have been around for over 15,000 years, genetic study shows
Exploring identity through art at Jerusalem's Museum on the Seam
University of Haifa scientists unlock key to drought-resistant wheat plants - study
An international team of scientists found that the right number of copies of a specific group of genes can stimulate longer root growth.
New model explains huge variety of sizes of hereditary material in nature
Why is ‘junk DNA’ not deleted from the original genome over millions of years of evolution?
Researchers successfully elongate mouse limbs shortened by genetic disease
Patients with the disease Robinow Syndrome and similar diseases that affect the skeletal system have short-limb dwarfism and facial abnormalities.
The science behind colorful snakes - study
Researchers have located and successfully edited the gene responsible for reptilian color variants.
Newly-discovered gene mutation blocks babies from metabolizing vitamin D
Adults living with this gene may not know they have it. The symptoms include frequent kidney stones and high levels of calcium in the blood.
Baby born with fully developed teeth shocks mother, doctors
This happens in between about 1 in 800 to 1 in 6000 births - and the mother was as shocked as anybody.
Israeli researchers develop new process for creating custom enzymes -study
Enzymes that are modified using this process, called the CADENZ Method, could have long-reaching impacts.
Why aren't humans covered in body hair like animals are? - study
Humans appear to have the genes for a full coat of body hair, but evolution has disabled them, a new study has found.
COVID: 28 new genetic loci found linked to severe symptoms - study
This non-peer-reviewed study helps shed light on some of the complex relationships between respiratory sickness, lung function and COVID-19 severity.
Woman finds out she is her daughter's mother - and uncle
The mother's DNA tests showed that she’s also the uncle of her daughter. Doctors realized that the mom was a human chimera with DNA from more than one fetus.
