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A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like.
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThe bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle has so far spilled over to just three farmworkers in the...
Biomedicine Breakthrough: Complete Gene Insertion Now Possible in Human Cells
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoResearchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have enhanced a gene-editing technology that can now efficiently insert or replace entire genes in human< ...
Study: In severe COVID-19 cases, neutrophils work around the clock
Medical Xpress· 4 hours agoAnyone seeking to positively influence SARS-CoV-2 progression needs information about the early phase of infection. Animal models, on the other hand, can be used to examine ...
Y chromosome is evolving faster than the X, primate study reveals
LiveScience· 6 hours agoFor instance, humans and chimpanzees share upwards of 98% of their DNA across the whole of the...
Scientists use gene technology to develop possible antidote to black widow spider bite
UPI· 5 days agoUsing gene technology, researchers generated dozens of human antibodies that could neutralize alpha-latrotoxin, the venom generated by a black widow spider ...
A tiny fern with a big secret just got into the Guinness Book of World Records
Los Angeles Times· 3 hours agoTmesipteris oblanceolata is an obscure species of fork fern found in New Caledonia, a French...
Can the bodies of astronauts survive Mars missions?
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoResearchers at UCL looked at the effect of space flight on the kidneys. They found that both human and animal kidneys are remodelled by the conditions in...
Modern human DNA contains bits from all over the Neanderthal genome – except the Y chromosome. What...
The Conversation· 2 days agoGenetic studies are revealing ever more about the links between modern humans and these long-gone relatives – most recently that a rush of interbreeding between our species occurred in a relatively ...
Tardigrade gene edit a first step towards exposing their secrets
Cosmos· 2 days agoTardigrades are famous for their apparent ability to survive extremes, including loss of water; and...
Lung-targeted CRISPR therapy offers hope for cystic fibrosis
New Scientist· 5 days agoA CRISPR gene-editing therapy has the potential to offer an effective, long-lasting treatment for...