Scientists make startling discoveries in genes of the dead

Genes can apparently survive for days after animals die‚ according to new research.Science reports that microbiologist Peter Noble of the University of Washington‚ Seattle‚ and his team were curious about what happens to genes after death.While scientists analysing blood and liver samples from human cadavers have previously noted some postmortem activity from a few genes‚ Noble’s team took it further‚ analysing more than 1‚000 genes‚ and studying how they functioned in deceased mice and zebrafis...