Month: July 2023
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First DNA analysis of Machu Picchu residents offers insight into Inca society
The first investigation of genomic diversity among people buried at Machu Picchu has revealed that the subjects of this 15th century civilization came from a surprising range of ancestries. The DNA of the remains was highly degraded, but scientists were still able to sequence it with techniques developed at UC Santa Cruz Genomics.
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St. Baldrick’s Foundation grant will expand pediatric cancer research at UCSC
A new $100,000 grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation will provide UC Santa Cruz’s Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative funding to expand efforts to study rare pediatric cancers.
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UCSC researcher is on the cutting edge of RSV vaccines
UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute affiliate Rebecca DuBois is creating virtual 3D maps of viral proteins to find weaknesses in RSV, the respiratory disease that contributed to 2022’s “tripledemic” along with cases of flu and COVID-19.