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DNA of World’s Oldest Natural Mummy Unlocks Secrets of America’s Ice Age Tribes

By Jo Tynan | St Johns College-University of Cambridge on Nov 9, 2018   Featured, Science/Education  

DNA of World’s Oldest Natural Mummy Unlocks Secrets of America’s Ice Age Tribes

A legal battle over a 10,600-year-old ancient skeleton – called the ‘Spirit Cave Mummy’ – has ended after advanced DNA sequencing found it was related to a Native American tribe. The revelation has been published in Science today as part of a wide-ranging international study that genetically analyzed the DNA of a series of famous and controversial ancient […]

How the Tongue Keeps its Tastes Straight

By Lucy Tran | Columbia University medical Center on Aug 10, 2017   Featured, Science/Education  

How the Tongue Keeps its Tastes Straight

New York, NY )– New research at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has revealed how special molecules help the tongue communicate with the brain to identify the correct taste. Using this knowledge, scientists were able rewire the taste-system of mice to perceive sweet stimuli as bitter tastes, and vice versa. The discovery provides new insights […]

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