Learn more about the gene linked to the evolutionary loss of human tails, and how, in rare cases, some people are still born ...
A study led by Aaron Hobbs, Ph.D., and Rachel Burge, Ph.D., at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, reveals why a specific gene ...
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How sickle cell changed human evolution

Sickle cell disease is caused by a single genetic mutation that alters the shape of red blood cells. While the condition causes severe pain and health complications, carriers gain resistance to ...
A new study led by Aaron Hobbs, Ph.D., and Rachel Burge, Ph.D., at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, reveals why a specific gene ...
A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the ...
Scientists have long known that inherited neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's or motor neuron ...
Boffins in Manchester have been studying the gene mutations of fruit flies to solve the riddle of what causes diseases like ...
Picture CRISPR-Cas9, a gene editing technology, as a GPS-guided scalpel: gRNA directs the Cas9 enzyme, a protein that cuts ...
New one-dose treatment edits a gene in the liver, disabling the ANGPTL3 protein and significantly lowers cholesterol.
Researchers at The University of Tokyo developed TECHNO, a two-step genome editing strategy that replaces entire mouse loci ...
CaniCatiCare Inc. (CCC), a pet precision medicine company, has recognized a persistent distance between the pace of ...
Chinese scientist He Jiankui wants to end Alzheimer’s and thinks Silicon Valley is conducting a “Nazi eugenic experiment.” ...