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Scientists discover hidden brain protein, potentially leading to treating Alzheimer’s before symptoms even appear
Drugs developed to reduce levels of a protein found at high levels in Alzheimer’s patients could lead to treatments aimed ...
Bowing to pressure from the cattle industry, Texas bans the sale of lab grown meat
Texas has banned the sale of lab-grown meat for the next two years, despite the product not being sold in ...
As ancient humans moved north, how did they survive the cold?
Gene alteration likely enhanced body heat generation among early humans who moved to colder climates, researchers say ...
State-of-the-art pig farm aims to pump out 125 pig organs for human transplant a year
The first gene-edited pig organs ever transplanted into people came from animals born on this special research farm in the Blue Ridge ...
How and why did dogs develop ‘puppy eyes’?
Large and droopy “puppy-dog eyes” did not just evolve in domesticated dogs to appeal to humans, as scientists had previously thought, according ...
AI-engineered materials could absorb CO2 faster than trees — and speed up carbon cleanup initiatives
Scientists have hailed the “exciting” discovery of a type of porous material that can store carbon dioxide ...
Novel plant-based meat alternatives are at times a better health choice than whole foods. Here’s a case for labeling
Plant-based alternatives to meat, cheese, eggs and yoghurt should be labelled and categorised more clearly to ensure people are aware of products that are ...
Tapeworm brain infestation? That’s what happened after one man ate undercooked bacon for years on end
A man in the US with a history of consuming undercooked “soft” bacon for years has been found to have ...
An on-off switch for anxiety? Genetic pathway mice could lead to human treatments
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have identified an area of human and mouse DNA that plays a role in ...
Facing food security threats, Ghana makes 4-year commitment to promoting research and development on genetically modified crops
The designation of Ghana as the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) collaborating center for Africa, focusing on plant breeding and ...
A rechargeable glow-in-the-dark plant made with nanoparticles?
A rechargeable light-emitting plant that glows after being charged for 10 seconds with an LED is being hailed as an ...
As Uganda’s farm economy languishes, political forces block agricultural biotech innovation
A maize breeder, with his team at the National Crop Resources Institute, Namulonge, [Dr. Godfrey Asea] has been researching on ...
Are rogue COVID variants ahead? ‘It’d be a brave person to say that the virus is nearing the end of its evolutionary route’
As the global infection count surges for a seventh consecutive week, after initial optimism that the pandemic had peaked, leading ...
Jurassic Park in real life? We have the technology to create ‘super exotic novel species,’ Neuralink co-founder claims
Neuralink co-founder Max Hodak, who started the brain-computer interface company with Elon Musk, has claimed that humans have the technology ...
Grapevines that spent a year in space may help researchers breed crops better suited for climate change
Researchers in France are studying a dozen bottles of French wine and hundreds of snippets of grapevines that returned to ...
Heated copper mesh face masks that kill viruses may soon be available
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have submitted a patent for a prototype mask with a heated copper mesh, a news ...
Skull of two-million-year old human cousin found in South Africa illustrates how ancient species adapted to new challenges
Academics from La Trobe University’s Archaeology Department in Melbourne, Australia led the excavation and reconstruction of the large-toothed rare skull from the Drimolen ...
Stream music directly to your brain? Elon Musk’s new Neuralink gadget
[Elon] Musk confirmed that Neuralink’s technology would allow people to “listen to music directly from our chips.” He also said ...
Mysterious Brazilian virus made largely of genes never seen illustrates ‘how much we still need to understand’ about microorganisms
Viruses are some of the world’s smallest life-forms – and the jury is still out as to whether they actually ...
‘Bee safe’ pesticides that replaced neonicotinoids may harm pollinators, activist-funded study finds
New pesticides regarded as “bee safe” could actually be causing harm to these vital pollinators when combined with other chemicals ...
Far from ape-like: Neanderthals walked upright, just like us
Neanderthals walked with an upright posture just like modern humans, according to a new analysis. Over the years, reconstructions of ancient ...
Federal regulators ask biotech experts if GMO trees should be deployed to save ‘dying’ US forests
Plans are under way to plant swathes of genetically engineered trees across the ailing forests of North America in a bid to save them ...
Using AI to predict evolution of cancer tumors could lead to stronger treatments
Scientists have used artificial intelligence to predict how cancers will progress and evolve, which could help doctors design the most effective treatment for each ...
Ancient human species with orange-sized brain could have possessed modern human intelligence
An ancient species of human with a brain no larger than an orange may have possessed intelligence to rival that ...
Ancient art may have been created by people with autistic traits, study suggests
Much of the world’s earliest great art is likely to have been created by gifted early humans on the autism ...
Leukemia defense: Y-chromosome offers ‘extra layer of protection’
Scientists have discovered the first example of a gene that is only found in one sex and provides protection against ...
Estonia launches genetic-testing program for 8% of its population
The Estonian government is to collect the DNA of 100,000 citizens to provide them with personalised health and lifestyle advice ...
Double mastectomy improves prospects for patients with BRCA1 mutation but not BRCA2, study finds
Women with a mutant gene that increases their risk of breast cancer can increase their life expectancy with a radical ...
