TECH & INNOVATIONReprogramming human cell using computer codes will help cure gene-related diseases. Scientists are elaborating the benefits of the procedure.
Scientists discovered that DNA mutations and genome errors are top causes of cancers. This defies the theory that unhealthy lifestyle, smoking, among others are triggering cancer cells.
A new study reveals that the last days of the woolly mammoth were wracked with genomic mutations. It has been found that woolly mammoths had suffered a genetic meltdown during their final days on Earth.
Experts in the United States have approve DNA editing of human embryos. The U. S. scientific panel has approved the DNA editing of human embryos. Gene-editing will likely start to happen in the near future to remove genetic diseases.
A U.S. medical company reveals it is launching the "holy grail" of blood tests that can diagnose cancer even before patients have manifested its symptoms through liquid biopsy.
For the last hundreds of years, humanity has rapidly mounted up to another level of intelligence. Scientist and researchers have been developing more ways to improve the quality of the human life.
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have unraveled the mystery of a strange virus in the hopes of creating more effective tools in the war against human disease. The secret weapon this virus may offer? "Armor" for disease-fighting DNA courtesy of the SIRV2 virus, who calls acid at almost boiling temperatures home.
Serenity Not Just about DNA? For a long time we thought we had a pretty good idea about how heredity works. At first it was just "offspring look roughly like a combination of their parents".
When it comes to tackling important issues within the science community that address realistic needs of the public, few publications are quite as thoughtful as the journal Science when it comes to curating the best of the best research, in any given field. Though the journal often covers a wide breadth of topics, this week they’re headed in a new direction, talking about game-changing cancer immunotherapy and the future possibility of individualized treatments that will take every patient’s genetic makeup and mutations into consideration. And it has become a conversation led by many hopeful researchers at the helm, backed by promising data.
A new study shows that the genetic makeup of North and South Americans is more complex than previously known. It reveals that there were different patterns of migration between the Caribbean and mainland America.
The science continuously changes its phase and opinions time to time. There cannot be one particular permanent thought. The only thing which stays forever is the “Progress”.
When British researchers went diving in Bouldnor Cliff, a submarine archaeological site near the Isle of Wight in the UK, it would fit to assume that they hadn’t quite banked on finding evidence of wheat beneath the waters. But when the researcher analyzed a core sample obtained from sealed sediments, microfossils with sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) of wheat species revealed that there might be far more to the story of the cash crop and trade in ancient Britain—perhaps even 2,000 years more than what the current history predicts.
While bacteria win the award for largest species abundance, and Archaea take the award for oldest organisms known to man, the most abundant animal on the face of the Earth is still the formidable and diverse phyla arthropoda—which include all species of insects. They come in an array of shapes and sizes, and compose nearly 80 percent of all animal species identified by man to date, and there are still undoubtedly thousands of species we’ve yet to find. But researchers believe that the diverse little creepy crawly bunch may hold more secrets than they let on, perhaps even secrets about our very own evolutionary origins.
Scientists working at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have reportedly made a breakthrough in nanotechnology that could have far-reaching implications for nanotechnology. The group, comprised of researchers from the U.S., Spain, Italy, Cyprus and Denmark, published their findings in Nature Nanotechnology and claim they have been able to show that DNA molecules can carry electric current.
Through the use of simple components, sugar, oxygen and transfer molecules, the mitochondria are able to create and store energy through the simple movement of electrons from one bond to another. And in spite of conflicting theories describing their possible origins, a new study at the University of Virginia is proving that the energy creators weren’t always self-sustaining components.
Sports Teams Might Not Benefit From Plentiful Talent In light of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals as well as the FIFA World Cup, researchers at INSEAD (The Business School of the World) decided to find out whether or not more talent is essential in a team's winning efforts.