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A mysterious form of plague that spread across Eurasia thousands of years before the Black Death has finally revealed a crucial clue. Scientists analyzing ancient DNA discovered the bacterium Yersinia ...

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Karin Modig receives funding from Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare and from Karolinska Institutets research funds. How much do your genes determine how long you’ll live?

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66°North will outfit the Icelandic Winter Olympic Team during the Opening Ceremony and tournaments in February. The local brand will also release an excluisve capsule collection in their home country.