DNA, cheese
Scientists in China extract DNA from world’s oldest cheese - and what it can tell us about modern diets
Cheese dating back to the Bronze Age has shed light on our ancestors’ diets - and hold lessons for the present day
DNA from 3,600-year-old cheese sequenced by scientists
Scientists have sequenced DNA from 3,600-year-old cheese, the oldest in the archaeological record. The intact cheese was found with mummified remains in China.
DNA from world’s oldest cheese extracted from an unusual source — mummies
It’s aged — 3,600 years. Scientists have successfully pulled a DNA strand from what they believe to be the world’s oldest cheese, yanking it from Bronze Age mummies in a Chinese graveyard, circa 2,000 B.C.
The World's Oldest Cheese Was Buried in a Chinese Tomb 3,600 Years Ago. Now, Scientists Have Sequenced Its DNA
About 20 years ago, researchers discovered three ancient mummies in China. They had a strange white substance smeared around their necks, which turned out to be chunks of preserved cheese. Dating back around 3,
The world's oldest cheese has been discovered in a Chinese tomb
The world's oldest cheese has been discovered around the neck of a mummy. A 3,600-year-old coffin was opened at the Xiaohe Cemetery, in China, during an excavation in 2003, when researchers discovered the cheese wrapped around the neck of a mummified woman.
Remember That DNA You Gave 23andMe?
DNA might contain health information, but unlike a doctor’s office, 23andMe is not bound by the health-privacy law HIPAA. And ...
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DNA Reveals Identity of Officer on the Lost Franklin Expedition—and His Remains Show Signs of Cannibalism
In 1845, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror departed from England under the command of Sir John Franklin. The seasoned polar ...
2 Brothers Spent Decades in Prison After Wisconsin Woman's Rape and Murder. DNA Shows It Was Someone Else
In 2000, David Bintz, 69, and his brother, Robert Bintz, 68, both of Green Bay, were convicted of the 1987 murder of Sandra ...
Philadelphia police exhume 8 bodies from a potter's field in the hope DNA testing can help ID them
The victims include a 4- to 6-year-old girl found dead in 1962, an infant boy found in 1983 and three men and three women ...
DNA on slain man’s clothing cracks 2007 cold case, California cops say. ‘Rest easy dad’
Desante Blake, 40, was sentenced to 23 years in prison after pleading no contest to multiple charges, including manslaughter ...
'Horrific' Cheese Wire Murder Hunt Focuses on 200 DNA Profiles, 41 Years After Death of Taxi Driver
Police searching for a cheese wire attacker who killed a taxi driver in Scotland 41 years ago have announced a breakthrough ...
Who lives in the rainforest treetops? DNA-collecting drone provides insights
Squinting into the treetops won't reveal the tiny organisms up there. But these creatures leave clues, in the form of DNA, on ...
'Quick' cancer DNA test offers hope for thousands
Mr Marks, from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, is one of thousands of people with lung cancer who is likely to benefit from a new ...
Cold case breakthrough? DNA could reveal who killed Mary and Bill in 1970
A haunting cold case that has puzzled Columbus investigators and shattered families for over five decades, could be solved ...
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Brothers exonerated with DNA evidence after 25 years in prison
Genealogists from theInvestigate Genetic Genealogy Center at Ramapo College in New Jersey (IGG) aided the project by looking ...