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  • This Sugar Could Be A Cure For Male Pattern Baldness – And It’s Been In Our Bodies All Along

    07/16/2025 11:35:34 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 30 replies
    IFL Science ^ | July 10, 2025 | Maddy Chapman
    A mouse study has found the sugar 2-deoxy-D-ribose stimulates hair regrowth. Put down the rosemary oil and pause the red light therapy, research suggests the secret to curing male pattern baldness could lie in a sugar that occurs naturally in our bodies. In a mouse model of testosterone-driven hair loss, the sugar, called 2-deoxy-D-ribose, stimulated hair regrowth just as effectively as existing treatment minoxidil – the active ingredient in Rogaine. Though commonly referred to as male pattern baldness, the condition, also known as hereditary-patterned baldness or androgenetic alopecia, affects women too. In fact, up to 40 percent of people experience...
  • Magnesium Marvel: New Drug Melts Fat Even on a Junk-Food Diet

    07/10/2025 10:54:30 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 62 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | July 10, 2025 | Will Sansom, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
    A new drug prevents weight gain and fatty liver by controlling magnesium in cells. It made mice stay slim despite lifelong exposure to an unhealthy diet. Credit: Stock Scientists have unveiled a small-molecule drug that blocks weight gain and liver damage in mice forced to live on sugary, high-fat food. The compound works by limiting magnesium inside mitochondria—the cell’s power plants—so energy keeps burning instead of stalling. Treated mice quickly slim down and show no signs of fatty-liver disease, hinting at a future therapy against obesity, heart trouble, and cancer tied to poor diets. Breakthrough Drug Fights Fat and Liver...
  • Resurrecting the Moa: A New Deextinction Initiative Blends Māori Wisdom with Cutting-Edge Genomics to Revive a Lost Giant

    07/10/2025 1:23:26 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 15 replies
    The Debrief ^ | July 08, 2025 | Micah Hanks
    A groundbreaking new collaboration is working to resurrect one of New Zealand’s most enigmatic lost species, the South Island Giant Moa. Blending ancient knowledge with cutting-edge science, the cooperative initiative has been launched between the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre in collaboration with U.S.-based biotech firm Colossal Biosciences and filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson. The initiative seeks to place indigenous values and ecological restoration at the forefront of de-extinction science, representing a historic development in conservation biology. The collaboration marks the first time that an indigenous-led research team will direct a de-extinction initiative of this scale. Based at the University of Canterbury,...
  • Scientists Decode DNA of Greek Feta Cheese

    07/07/2025 2:49:46 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 13 replies
    Greek Reporter ^ | June 28, 2025 | Nick Kampouris
    According to the Academy of Athens, scientists decoded the DNA of the famous Greek feta cheese. Recently, scientists from the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens studied a wide variety of feta cheese produced all across the nation of Greece in an effort to quantify the nutritional specifics of the popular Greek cheese. According to findings, feta cheese has 489 different types of protein, making it one of the most protein-rich cheese varieties in the entire world. Feta cheese is a white cheese produced in Greece and made of sheep’s milk, but it can also be made from...
  • Mysterious 'black goo' life form found in docked ship in Cleveland, Ohio

    07/05/2025 9:56:14 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 72 replies
    Unexplained Mysteries ^ | July 5, 2025 | T.K. Randall
    The strangeness began when a research boat known as the Blue Heron started experiencing mechanical difficulties during a trip to Lake Erie and was dry-docked for repairs. While investigating the issue, Captain Rual Lee discovered a strange thick, black tar-like substance that seemed to be oozing out of the rudder. Unable to determine what it was, he sent a sample to the University of Minnesota Duluth. When researchers analyzed the substance, they discovered that it contained 20 DNA sequences and while many could be identified, several were completely novel and unknown to science. They concluded that the substance - now...
  • Scientists Are Trying to Rebuild Humanity From Raw Genetic Code

    07/02/2025 7:35:15 AM PDT · by cuz1961 · 40 replies
    ...Creating a synthetic human genome has the possibilities of improving human healthspans. ... but it also comes with extremely dangerous consequences..
  • British scientists are taking the "first steps" to make synthetic human DNA

    06/30/2025 9:10:49 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 31 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | June 30, 2025 | Neo Anderson
    Yeah forgive me if I feel a creeping sense of dread and foreboding about this one. From a UK non-profit called "Wellcome": Wellcome is providing £10 million funding to the new Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) to develop the foundational tools, technology and methods to enable researchers to one day synthesise genomes. Building a full synthetic human genome is expected to take decades. Over the next five years, the SynHG project will build the foundational tools to enable this work. The "ability to synthesize large genomes, including genomes for human cells, may transform our understanding of genome biology and profoundly...
  • DNA Study Suggests Surprising Origins of Poland's First Royal Family

    06/21/2025 6:24:35 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 15 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | June 19, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    Scholars have long debated the origins of the House of Piast, Poland's first royal dynasty, who ruled the nation from the tenth through the fourteenth century. Some believe they were Slavic nobles, others Moravian exiles, and still others say they were Viking warriors. The Conversation reports on new DNA analysis that has revealed shocking new information concerning the Piasts' genetic background that might potentially rewrite history. Researchers led by molecular biologist Marek Figlerowicz of Poznań University of Technology extracted DNA from 33 individuals, 30 men and three women, belonging to the Piast dynasty. Most of the deceased, who lived between...
  • We finally may be able to rid the world of mosquitoes. But should we?

    06/04/2025 7:27:17 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 70 replies
    US Headtopics ^ | 06 03 2025 | Staff
    Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions. Yet the development of this technology also raises a profound ethical question: When, if ever, is it okay to intentionally drive a species out of existence? Simoni said he hopes Target Malaria can move beyond the lab and deploy some of the genetically modified mosquitoes in their natural habitats within the next five years. The nonprofit research consortium gets its core funding from the Gates Foundation, backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and Open Philanthropy, backed by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and...
  • New round of DNA testing proves innocence of man imprisoned for decades for OC slaying, defense says

    06/04/2025 7:20:10 AM PDT · by TheDon · 14 replies
    OC Register ^ | June 2, 2025 | SEAN EMERY
    A new round of DNA testing exonerates a homeless man who has spent nearly four decades in prison for the killing of a Santa Ana nanny, according to defense attorneys who are asking Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer to declare Kenneth Clair innocent of the 1984 slaying. Clair, who spent years on death row before an appellate court overturned his death sentence and he was re-sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. ...
  • Bill Clinton on opposing President Trump's agenda: "We cannot throw the legacy of this country away"

    06/01/2025 9:07:42 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 59 replies
    CBS News | Paramount ^ | June 1, 2025 | By Tracy Smith, David Morgan
    President Bill Clinton criticized President Trump's actions attacking the rule of law, and predicted that the president would pay a price among those who believe his actions are un-American. "We've never seen anything like this before in my lifetime – somebody that says, 'Whatever I want should be the law of the land. It's my way or the highway.' And most Americans don't agree with that," Clinton said in an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning." "But I like to think that he's paid a price for this, you know, name-calling and throwing his weight around … I think it's made...
  • Thumbprint on cigarette carton leads to arrest in 1977 death of young woman

    05/16/2025 6:17:36 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 26 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 05/15/2025 | Staff
    Nearly half a century after a young California woman was strangled, officials say a thumbprint on a carton of cigarettes has led to an arrest. Willie Eugene Sims was arrested in Jefferson, Ohio, in connection with the death of Jeanette Ralston, according to a Friday statement from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Sims, 69, has been charged with murder and was arraigned on Friday in Ashtabula County Court before being sent to California. (snip) A thumbprint found on Ralston’s cigarette carton in her car was found to match Sims’s last fall after law enforcement had asked to run...
  • British Man Jailed for 1986 Murder Acquitted After 38 Years by New DNA Testing

    05/13/2025 4:45:59 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 19 replies
    Euronews ^ | 13/05/2025 | Clea Skopeliti
    Peter Sullivan, now 68, had his conviction quashed after new DNA evidence emerged. The UK’s Court of Appeal has quashed the murder conviction of a man who has spent almost 38 years in prison after fresh DNA evidence emerged. Peter Sullivan was convicted of the murder of Diane Sindall in 1987 and sentenced to life in prison. He is believed to be the longest-serving living victim of a miscarriage of justice in the UK’s history. Sullivan has maintained his innocence throughout that time, his lawyer, Sarah Myatt said. Sindall, a 21-year-old florist who had been working part-time in a bar...
  • Paternity Fraud Is 'Like a Pandora's Box' and 'One of Society's Last Taboo Subjects'

    05/12/2025 2:58:52 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 133 replies
    MIRROR (U.K.) ^ | 08 Apr 2025 | Rob Currell
    Campaigners say the true rate of paternity fraud - the intentional misidentification of a child's biological father - remains unknownMen are being left heartbroken after investing time, resources, love and energy into raising children they believed were theirs - only to find out it was all a lie. This breach of trust not only impacts the men who were falsely led to believe they were fathers but also deeply hurts the children involved and others connected to the situation. Paternity fraud refers to the deliberate misidentification of a child's biological father. One of the most shocking aspects of this issue...
  • The Jesus Strand: A Search for DNA

    05/08/2025 10:03:30 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 36 replies
    YouTube ^ | 2017 | History Channel / Geneticist George Busby and Biblical scholar pastor Joe Basile
    Now for the first time in history a man of faith and a man of science are teaming up to search for Jesus' DNA. Using the latest advances in DNA technology Oxford University geneticist George Busby and biblical scholar Pastor Joe Basile are investigating the world's most famous holy relics including the Shroud of Turin, The Sudarium of Oviedo and the newly discovered bones of Jesus' cousin, John the Baptist. Their journey takes them to holy sites around the world from Spain and Italy to Israel and the shores of the Black Sea. By extracting and analyzing samples of each...
  • Study Highlights Growing Concerns about DNA Hacking Risk

    05/02/2025 4:28:20 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 13 replies
    Forensic Magazine ^ | April 30, 2025
    Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS)—the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-made medicines, cancer diagnostics, infectious disease tracking, and gene research—could become a prime target for hackers. A study, published in IEEE Access, highlights growing concerns over how this powerful sequencing tool—if left unsecured—could be exploited for data breaches, privacy violations, and even future biothreats. Led by Nasreen Anjum from the University of Portsmouth’s School of Computing, this is the first comprehensive research study of cyber-biosecurity threats across the entire NGS workflow. NGS is a cornerstone of modern biotechnology, enabling rapid and cost-effective DNA and RNA sequencing that supports...
  • The oldest whales in the ocean were alive before 'Moby-Dick' and have the harpoons to prove it

    04/30/2025 6:32:40 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 49 replies
    Upworthy ^ | April 28, 2025 | Upworthy Staff
    Thanks to some thoughtful collaboration between researchers and traditional Inupiat whalers (who are still allowed to hunt for survival), scientists have used amino acids in the eyes of whales and harpoon fragments lodged in their carcasses to determine the age of these enormous animals—and they found at least three bowhead whales who were living prior to 1850. Granted those are bowheads, not sperm whales like the fictional Moby Dick, (and none of them are albino, I think), but still. Pretty amazing, huh? Bowhead whales reach an average length of 35 to 45 feet, and they are believed to live over...
  • Driver convicted of first-degree murder in case of Colorado teens who threw fatal rock at car

    04/25/2025 1:38:29 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 55 replies
    The last of three friends accused of killing a driver in Colorado by throwing a rock through the windshield of her car was convicted of first-degree murder Friday. The teens were driving around suburban Denver in 2023, throwing rocks at passing cars, when one struck and killed 20-year-old Alexa Bartell in a crime prosecutors classified as murder. ... On April 19, 2023, after seeing Bartell’s car leave the road after being hit, the three friends circled back a few times to look again, according to testimony and investigators. One of them, Kwak, took a photo as a memento, but no...
  • Professor Abruptly Fired Amid FBI Raid

    04/08/2025 10:55:23 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 23 replies
    Fort Worth Star-telegram ^ | 4/8/2025 | Roger Anderson
    Indiana University has faced criticism after abruptly firing Professor XiaoFeng Wang on the same day FBI agents executed search warrants at his home. The university also removed the couple’s online profiles, causing concern among academics regarding their due process. Federal authorities have confirmed the investigation is ongoing. Wang has brought approximately $23 million in federal grants to the university. However, Wang was barred from his office and denied access to university resources prior to his dismissal. Veracity IIR president Doug Kouns said, “He’s right there on the cutting edge of this kind of research as far as data privacy, cybersecurity...
  • Game of clones: Dire wolves reborn as Colossal unleashes world’s first de-extinction [PIX! + VID!]

    04/07/2025 7:00:20 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 100 replies
    Interesting Engineering ^ | April 07, 2025 | Neetika Walter
    Using a novel iterative genome assembly method, the company produced the most complete dire wolf genomes to date. caretaker feeding an infant dire wolf. Colossal Biosciences For decades, dire wolves have captivated the imaginations of gamers, musicians, and fantasy fans. From Dungeons & Dragons and World of Warcraft to Game of Thrones, these prehistoric predators have lived on as cultural icons far more than biological realities –until now. In a stunning scientific breakthrough, Dallas-based Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences has brought the legendary canid back from extinction, making it the world’s first successfully de-extincted animal. Three litters of dire wolves have...