Friday, March 29, 2024

Trending Topics

HomeTagsGenetics

Genetics

The human genome needs updating. But how do we make it fair?

I n June 2000, Bill Clinton, the then US president, stood smilingly next to the leaders of the Human...

How did gourds evolve to be so weird? Biologists think they know why

-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email view in app They can be two pounds or 200, small and spherical...

Pit bulls went from America’s best friend to public enemy — now they’re slowly coming full circle

-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email view in app This article was originally published on The Conversation . ...

The plot thickens: new study reveals complex identity of ancient Britons

They are the oldest human fossils ever found on British soil. Excavated 30 years ago at Boxgrove, in...

Gene-edited sheep offer hope for treatment of lethal childhood disease

A flock of gene-edited sheep has been used by scientists to pinpoint a promising treatment for a lethal inherited...

Nobel prize in physiology or medicine awarded to Swedish geneticist

A Swedish geneticist has been awarded the 2022 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Svante Pääbo has won...

There’s New Proof Crispr Can Edit Genes Inside Human Bodies

A decade ago, biologists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier published a landmark paper describing a natural immune system found...

To Understand Brain Disorders, Consider the Astrocyte

Imagine the brain as the night sky—an expansive sea of tissue dotted with cells of all shapes and sizes....

Must Read