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Human egg

Maintaining healthy DNA delays menopause

28 Sep 2015

An international study of nearly 70,000 women has identified more than forty regions of the human genome that are involved in governing at what age a...

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Orcas breach

Killer whales and the mystery of human menopause

01 Jul 2010

The evolutionary mystery of menopause is a step closer to being solved thanks to research on killer whales.

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