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Dec 21, 2015

In PLOS Genetics, a University of Hawaii-led team traces an inherited cancer syndrome in four apparently unrelated families from different parts of the US back to a German couple born in the 1700s.

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Marine Mammal Gene Loss

National Geographic reports that marine mammals have lost a gene that could make them more susceptible to organophosphate damage.

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NPR reports on Human Cell Atlas Consortium's effort to catalog all the different cell types within the human body.

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The Union of Concerned Scientists surveyed US government scientists about Trump Administration policies and more, Science reports.

This Week in PNAS

In PNAS this week: history and genetic diversity of the scarlet macaw, approach for predicting human flu virus evolution, and more.

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