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The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 diverged from previous SARS-CoV-2 variants as a result of adaptive evolution, in which beneficial mutations are passed on to future generations through natural selection, rather than through recombination…

Scientists have long sought to find out how some diseases can have symptoms restricted to just one tissue when they are caused by a single faulty protein found throughout the body. Familial Partial Lipodystrophy type 2 (FPLD2) is a rare…

‘NRXN1 is a gene present at the cellular junction that connects two nerve cells to communicate efficiently. Losing one copy of this neurexin-1 causes a deficit in neural communication among schizophrenia patients.’ Researchers from the…