Seniors Who Eat More Meat Are Less Likely to Develop Dementia Study Find
By Leonardo Carvalho Researchers in Sweden recently found that seniors were able to offset a genetic risk for…
Can a mouse be cloned indefinitely? Decades-long experiment has answers
Scientists harvested eggs from 25th-generation cloned mice and fertilized the eggs, which grew into these early-stage embryos. Credit:…
Scientists Tried to Clone Clones Forever. It Didn’t End Well
Countless scientists and at least a dozen high-concept sci-fi comedies over the past 30 years have speculated on…
Gene from High Altitude Yak Protected and Repaired Myelin Sheath in Early MS Study
A wild yak in Tibet – credit, Alexandr Frolov, CC 4.0. via Wiki A special gene that helps…
Viagra may treat deadly disease in children
Everyone’s favorite little blue pill may offer more than just a boost in the bedroom. New research suggests…
Toxic Exposure Can Trigger Disease for 20 Generations
Summary: A single exposure to a common fungicide during pregnancy can haunt a family line for 20 subsequent…
Florida law models what genetic disease testing could be
In Florida, a new genetic disease screening program allows parents of newborns to receive free whole genome sequencing…
Fire may have altered human DNA
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New ‘smart drug’ could beat jet lag in half the time: study
Woke up in a new time zone, but your brain stayed home? You’re not alone. Each year, more…
Baby Treated with Personalized CRISPR Gene Therapy for Rare Disease is Now ‘Thriving’
Dr. Kiran Musunru (left) and Dr. Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas (right) led the researchers who developed a personalized treatment for…
What were the first animals? The fierce sponge–jelly battle that just won’t end
Which animals came first? For more than a century, most evidence suggested that sponges, immobile filter-feeders that lack…
Some mental disorders may be caused by the same genetic differences, study finds
Many psychiatric disorders are more biologically related than previously understood, having more genetic similarities than differences, a new…