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Are you a mosquito magnet? Here’s why mosquitoes like some people more than others
Mosquito bites are annoying, unpleasant, sometimes painful, often the cause of allergic reactions – but also potentially deadly ...
Viewpoint: Artificial wombs remain ‘nothing more than a developmentally naïve pipe dream’
Artificial womb technology (AWT) sparked a media sensation back in 2017 and, since then, has drawn much debate ...
Editing out diseases in the womb is a holy grail on the horizon — but protecting embryos from unwanted damage is proving a challenging hurdle
Scientists have discovered that the cells of early human embryos are often unable to repair damage to their DNA ...
Tracing the chickpea: How trade and migration shaped this popular legume’s genetics
With its nutty flavor and dense nutrient profile, the humble chickpea has captivated palates and nourished civilizations for millennia ...
70% of gambling behavior may be driven by genes. A new genetic test may show whether you’re at risk
Studies have shown that our genes may be up to 70% responsible for gambling behavior. Now a new genetic test ...
Are you good at perceiving other people’s perspectives? Women score higher than men on ‘cognitive empathy’ test
Females score higher than males on the widely used 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' Test, study shows ...
Do you rarely feel in the mood to exercise? Your gut bacteria could be partly to blame
Some species of gut-dwelling bacteria activate nerves in the gut to promote the desire to exercise, according to a study ...
COVID and cognition: How severe cases can age your brain
In a recent article published in Nature Aging, researchers found that severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) triggers aging-like changes in ...
Gut-brain connection: How the microbiome affects our susceptibility to Alzheimer’s disease — and how we think
A growing body of evidence indicates that the gut microbiome plays an essential function in gastrointestinal health and in metabolic ...
How do genes interact with culture to shape food preferences?
Two random humans from a single group tend indeed to be more genetically different from each other than two different ...
‘Near-limitless CRISPR therapies’: This drug delivery breakthrough helps gene editing technology infiltrate cells
A team of researchers at Northwestern University has devised a new platform for gene editing that could inform the future ...
‘Genetic bottlenecks’: How war, famine and disease contributed to human evolution
Human populations have waxed and waned over the millennia, with some cultures exploding and migrating to new areas or new ...
Medicine of the future: From high-tech health sensors to advanced gene therapy, here are the innovations we can expect in the decades ahead
What will the future of medicine look like? Will we manage to cure cancer? Will lab-grown organs render human donation ...
Genetics plays outsized and underappreciated role in how COVID victims cope with virus after effects
A new paper looks at the genetic contribution to individual wellbeing during the pandemic, seeking to find support for the ...
Avoiding cognitive decline: What is considered a ‘good night’s sleep’?
A good night’s sleep is important for many reasons. It helps our body repair itself and function as it should, ...
Does your child snore? Links found to brain changes and behavioral problems as they grow older
[R]esearchers examined MRI images collected from more than 10,000 children aged 9 to 10 years enrolled in the Adolescent Brain ...
Why are women at higher risk for depression while more men suffer from schizophrenia? It’s in our genes
[M]ore than 100 investigators and research groups... combed through the genomes of 33,403 people with schizophrenia, 19,924 with bipolar disorder, ...
Opening the door to understanding infertility: Skin cells reprogrammed into a model human embryo
[Scientists have made a] significant breakthrough for the future study of early human development and infertility. To date, the only ...
A protein inherited from Neanderthals may offer limited protection against COVID-19
Recent advances in proteomic technology - that is, the capacity to isolate and measure hundreds of circulating proteins at once ...
How structural racism undermines independent science research and hurts racial and ethnic minorities
It is critical to acknowledge the societal structures - the groundwater, as it is called in "The Groundwater Approach: Building ...
BAPCO: A new theory explains why autism numbers are growing
A unifying explanation of the cause of autism and the reason for its rising prevalence has eluded scientists for decades, ...
Men and women require distinct brain tumor therapies, underscoring hard-wired differences in the brain
[Glioblastomas] are the most aggressive tumors of the brain and occur at 60% higher rates in males, whether human or ...
Stem cell transplants show promise as possible AIDS cure
[A study] demonstrated a successful stem cell transplantation from donors harboring an HIV-resistant gene. Blood taken from the patient revealed ...
Our Neanderthal DNA might explain who gets sickest from COVID-19
[A] small fragment of the genetic code that has been inherited by modern humans from Neanderthals could carry the secret ...
‘More versatile and less error prone’ SATI gene editing could eventually replace CRISPR
[S]cientists at the Salk Institute have developed a potential game changer in this field – a new gene editor called ...
Your own fruit fly ‘avatars’ could boost precision medicine treatments
Personalized cancer medicine involves looking at an individual’s genome and cancer growth to help find more effective ways of screening ...
Will two daily cups of coffee help you live longer? This study says so.
There have been studies saying coffee drinking increases longevity and general health and also studies to the contrary. Now, the ...
Better understanding of how genes work together could be key to personalized medicine
Tens of thousands of people have had their genomes sequenced yet it remains a major challenge to infer future health ...
