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San Diego Tribune
2025/09–05: UCSD research finds 'volume control' that genetically separates humans from chimps 

KPBS
2025/08–19: Scientists examine genetic origins of the human brain

Science Daily
2025/08–15: Scientists may have found the tiny DNA switch that made us human

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
2025/08–13: Rapidly Evolving Human Genomic Region Tied to Neural Development, Flexible Thinking

UC San Diego Today
2025/08–13: A Genetic Twist that Sets Humans Apart

Other Stories on Our Work

2020/07–15: Lab-grown human sperm cells could unlock treatments for infertility.

2020/07–13: Lab-grown sperm could let infertile men have gene-edited children

2020/07–13: Human Sperm Stem Cells Grown in Lab, an Early Step Toward Infertility Treatment.

2019/02–05: How Men Continually Produce Sperm — and How that Discovery Could Help Treat Infertility.

2018/12–20: The Fragile-X Gene Region has a “Brain-Testes” MicroRNA Cluster

2017/09–29: New Mouse Model Replicates an Underlying Cause of Intellectual Disability

2016/09–28: Gene required for sperm stem cells linked to male infertility, UCSD study suggests

2016/09–27: Researchers Find Fertility Genes Required for Sperm Stem Cells

2016/06–27: Researchers Find a Likely Cause of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors

2016/06–14: Filling the Holes in our Understanding of Stem Cell Fate

2016/03–31: Underappreciated Protein Plays Critical Role In RNA Regulation and Male Fertility

2015/03–25: Control Switch That Modulates Cell Stress Response May Be Key to Multiple Diseases

2014/05–25: Gene Mutation Found for Aggressive Form of Pancreatic Cancer

2014/02–13: Protein Switch Dictates Cellular Fate: Stem Cell or Neuron

2011/09–15: Fail-Safe System May Lead to Cures for Inherited Disorders

2011/05–19: Of Frogs, Chickens and People