Low thyroid hormone levels may adapt brown bears to hibernation
In their recently published article in Thyroid Research, the authors show how studying hibernating brown bears can help to identify new human… Read more »
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Andrew Cosgrove
Andrew obtained his PhD in molecular biology from the University of Dundee in 2005. He joined Genome Biology in 2009 after a post doctoral research position at the University of Sheffield investigating chromosome positioning during meiosis in yeast.
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- Exploring the history of smallpox vaccination with 19th Century American vaccination kits - 16th November 2020
- The fascination of plant genomes - 20th May 2019
- Genome Biology at Genome Informatics - 18th February 2019
A recent study published in Genome Biology has explored the early history of smallpox vaccination by sequencing DNA from… Read more »
Virus Goes Viral: An educational kit for virology classes
Jônatas S. Abrahão and colleagues developed an educational toolkit meant to update the content that is typically… Read more »
Your DNA may underlie the severity of your concussion symptoms
Neuropathologists Lili-Naz Hazrati and Nicole Schwab explain how genetic variation could make different people more susceptible to… Read more »
World Alzheimer’s Month: Let’s talk about dementia to end the stigma
Today, as part of World Alzheimer's Month, Paola Barbarino explains why we all need to talk about dementia, highlighting some key… Read more »