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Race to Find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Just Took a Major Twist

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Scientists extract DNA from drawing that could connect to Leonardo da Vinci

Researchers from the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project are working with a sketch that might have been drawn by the master.

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The Race to Find Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA Just Took a Major Twist

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Is Leonardo da Vinci's DNA lurking in his artwork? Scientists think so

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Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA extracted from artwork

Scientists have recovered trace DNA from Renaissance artefacts, including a red chalk drawing called Holy Child possibly by Leonardo da Vinci, and letters from his ancestor.

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Scientists may have extracted Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA from Renaissance artwork for first time

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Did This Drawing Preserve Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA?

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Scientists studied the DNA of 240 different animals. Here are some of the quirkiest findings

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Imagine unraveling your DNA into one long strand. Now, imagine lining that up with 240 other long DNA ...

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Citizen Scientists Will Capture DNA From 800 Lakes In One Day

In this project, volunteers will collect eDNA from around 800 lakes around the world. Credit: Kristy Deiner Taking an accurate census of the organisms in an ecosystem is a challenging task—an observer’s eyes and ears can’t be everywhere. But a new ...

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Scientists chart over 140,000 DNA loops to map human chromosomes in the nucleus

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published in Nature.

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Ancient DNA and modern genomes can reveal stories of past peoples, from the Iron Age to Chernobyl, geneticist says

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by studying ancient and modern DNA. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.