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Tech founder claims he successfully slowed down his aging by editing his DNA
Quartz· 1 day agoNeurotech founder Bryan Johnson underwent the procedure on an island off the coast of Honduras
Rare gene mutation helps people resist Alzheimer’s disease
Washington Post· 8 hours agoScientists studied her DNA and scanned her remarkable brain, ultimately tracing her protection to a...
Weight loss: Protein-rich diets may change gut bacteria, reduce fat
Medical News Today· 2 days agoThe composition of the gut microbiome is being increasingly recognized as essential for overall...
Cancer genome research analyzes molecular evolution of tumors after chemical exposure
Medical Xpress· 7 days agoDNA lesions that persist unrepaired over several cell generations lead to sequence variations at the site of damage, the quantification of which provides insights into the ...
Steve Jobs would have hated this iOS 18 feature
Pocket-lint· 7 hours agoIt's safe to say that Apple isn't Steve Jobs' company anymore. Yes, much of Apple's corporate DNA comes from Jobs' time as CEO, but it's Tim Cook,...
Quantifying DNA replication speeds in single cells by scEdU-seq - Nature Methods
Nature· 3 days agoThis work describes scEdU-seq for studying replication fork speed in single cells, which enables researchers to investigate variability in replication speed along S phase and its associations with transcription and DNA damage.
Multiscale topology classifies cells in subcellular spatial transcriptomics - Nature
Nature· 22 hours agoA method for topological automatic cell type classification across subcellular resolution spatial transcriptomic platforms is proposed, resolving cell type information and locating sparsely ...
Modern human DNA contains bits from all over the Neanderthal genome – except the Y chromosome. What...
The Conversation· 4 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 ...
12 recent scientific breakthroughs
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHuda Zoghbi, a professor at Baylor College of Medicine, said to NPR. Timothy syndrome is caused by a mutation of a single gene in a person's DNA. The new...
Lung-targeted CRISPR therapy offers hope for cystic fibrosis
New Scientist· 7 days agoA CRISPR gene-editing therapy has the potential to offer an effective, long-lasting treatment for...