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Researchers from Heinrich Pette Institute of Experimental Virology and Immunology at Hamburg produced a special enzyme able to “cure” HIV-infected human lymphocytes in laboratory assays. The study, published in Science constitutes a potential advancement in the struggle against HIV-AIDS. So far, experts assumed that the infection with the Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was irreversible because […]

An increasing number of people are using commercial genetic tests to look into their ancestry. However, these tests can have important limitations according to Deborah Bolnick, assistant professor of anthropology at The University of Texas at Austin. In a recent article published in the prestigious journal Science Bolnick and a team of researchers from different […]

Hair is one of the first things police investigators look for when searching for evidence at a crime scene because DNA can be recovered from it, and DNA can lead the officers to convict or clear a suspect. In most cases, hair strands are recovered within a few days and DNA is still in good […]