Scientists tried to save a man from a serious illness with the help of innovative therapy, but the patient died unexpectedly, and doctors cannot understand the reason

A volunteer involved in a unique gene-editing study has died, and those behind the trial are now trying to figure out what killed him. More about this was told by the publication APNews. Terry Horgan, 27, who suffered from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, died in October, according to…

Gene editing is already a reality: scientists have invented a way to remove diseases from human DNA

According to scientists, the era of therapeutic editing of human genes is not just coming, but it has already come. We are waiting not just for the treatment of diseases, but for the removal of them from our DNA, according to CNN. When popular YouTube star Adalia Rose died earlier this year,…

Scientists raised $ 15 million to revive the mammoth: why is it needed

The company raised $ 15 million to revive the woolly mammoth, The Guardian reported. Scientists are thinking about creating a hybrid elephant-mammoth, the first cubs of which are expected in six years. Ten thousand years after the woolly mammoths disappeared from the face of the Earth, scientists begin ...

One shot: what and how is being treated in the USA with the help of gene therapy

Генная терапия набирает популярность в США — наследственные болезни и некоторые виды рака лечат с помощью одного укола. Первые пациенты уже начали получать новейшие лекарства основанные на генной инженерии, пишет “Голос Америки”.  17-летнему Кристиану врачи вернули способность видеть. Он страдал…

How genes affect our lives

Psychogeneticist Robert Plomin spoke about the role of genes and upbringing in the formation of personality and ability to foreign languages ​​in twins. Psychogenetics is looking for the genetic background of differences between people. Our DNA is 99% the same, people are almost identical, but 1% by which we differ ...

Scientists predict new ways of reproduction in the USA

By 2050, humanity will no longer need sex to reproduce. This was stated by the director of the Center for Law and Biological Sciences of the Stanford Law School Hanka Greeley. According to him, most Americans will independently select embryos created in the laboratory with their ...

Scientists have proposed to treat obesity at the level of DNA

  American scientists have determined how the variant of the FTO gene, which is responsible for predisposition to obesity, works. The study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine and summarized by Science. During the experiment, the authors found that ...

Due to global warming, lizards change their sex

Climate change has had a powerful effect on Australian reptiles: in bearded agamas, due to the abnormal heat, the genetic system for determining sex is disrupted, as a result of which more and more males turn into females. Scientists reported this in the pages of the journal Nature. It is known that ...

0 - 8 of 8