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Scientists identify gene family key to unlocking vertebrate evolution

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Credit: David Jandzik New University of Colorado Boulder-led research finds that the traits that make vertebrates distinct from invertebrates were made possible by the emergence of a new set of genes 500 million years ago, documenting an important episode in evolution where new genes played a significant role in the evolution of novel traits in […]. (..)

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Study offers insights on why the elderly are more susceptible to COVID-19

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In a new study published in the journal JCI Insight, Brown University researchers describe the cellular and molecular events that explain why these groups have a higher risk of infection as well as of severe side effects and death. “This paper details a major discovery in COVID-19,” said corresponding author Dr. .”

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Clinical Data From Full Phase 1 Cohort Of Investigational Sotorasib Published In New England Journal Of Medicine

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executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen. executive vice president of Research and Development at?Amgen, About KRAS The RAS gene family, which has been the subject of almost four decades of research, contains some of the most frequently mutated oncogenes in human cancers. Reese , M.D.,