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Valuable research on the interaction between proteins and DNA

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Research conducted by Dr. José Arcadio Rodríguez Martínez, professor from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, evidences the relationship between the interaction of proteins and DNA with certain diseases. The study shows that when there are problems in the function of these proteins, diseases like cancer and diabetes can arise.

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The Taino Inside: Science Helps to Decipher Our Origins

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Haplogroup A from Puerto Rico
mtDNA can be classified in haplogroups which are specific for differents regions in the world. This figure shows the haplogroup A of PR.

Do you remember the stories about the native inhabitants of Puerto Rico that we were taught in school? Yes, the Taino Indians. They faded with the arrival of Spanish colonizers, according to the story. When exactly TaÌno ceased to exist? There is archaeological evidence indicating that the Tainos lived on the island longer than historians point, but there are still conflicting versions of both lines. Not only archaeologists and historians were interested in learning more about the Taino culture. A curious scientist that since he was a teenager was fascinated with stories about the Tainos, had in mind a number of questions, but mostly an effort to answer them.

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