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Viewpoint: Why governments are ‘over-reacting’ to Omicron
A South African medical professional has criticized what she considers to be an "over-reaction" to the Omicron variant by some ...
COVID patient zero? Wuhan seafood vendor identified as earliest confirmed case, sparking debate among scientists
A new perspective on the origins of COVID has been released in a report that suggests the earliest known case ...
Plastic into protein? It may seem far-fetched, but a ‘food generator’ is in the works
Two U.S. scientists have won a 1 million euro ($1.18 million) prize for creating a food generator concept that turns ...
RNA hacking: How the miraculous tools of the genetics revolution will transform healthcare and the world
[mRNA COVID] vaccines, in essence, transform our bodies into personalized manufacturing plants producing an otherwise foreign object to trigger our ...
‘Nowhere in sight’: Sweden shows no signs of herd immunity developing
[Sweden] didn't enforce a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but instead advised citizens on how to behave. Shops, restaurants, and gyms stayed ...
Human trials underway on 2 coronavirus vaccines in China
China has started clinical trials on two potential COVID-19 vaccines, the country's official state-run press agency reported citing the State ...
Why did sex evolve? It may protect against rare cancers, researchers suggest
In an essay published in the journal PLOS Biology, scientists presented a theory which they say could answer a 50-year ...
‘It’s not too late’: The quest to reverse autism at any age
[T]he average age of diagnosis for a child with autism is over four years. Because of late diagnoses, many of ...
Could propensity for drug addiction be linked to an ancient virus in some people’s genes?
Drug addicts are more likely to carry an ancient virus which could affect the production of dopamine than the rest ...
Most people don’t know if they have cancer-causing BRCA mutation, study says
Most people who carry genes that raise their risk of developing certain forms of cancer are unaware of it, according to ...
‘Incredibly rare’ extinct Siberian horse to be cloned
Scientists recently extracted an almost perfectly preserved prehistoric baby horse from the permafrost of Siberia’s “Mouth of Hell” crater in Yakutia. At ...
Olympic genes? China will use genetic tests to help choose its athletes
Chinese athletes aiming to represent their country in the 2022 Winter Olympics will undergo genetic testing as part of the ...
Why cancer research should focus more on African genomes
In the past, African patients have had poor access to medical advances, even as scientists use them as research subjects ...
Can we treat autism with CRISPR gene editing?
Scientists have figured how to use a form of the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR to erase genetic traits normally associated ...
‘De-extinction’ could revive vanished Tasmanian tiger—or something close to it
With the stripes of a tiger, the body shape of a dog and the pouch of a kangaroo, the Australian ...
Walking upright emerged long before modern humans
The question of whether our early ancestors walked fully upright or in a crouched position, like apes, has long been ...
Direct-to-consumer genetic test results 40 percent wrong in small study
At-home DNA tests are “not intended for medical use,” meaning that the data they give you shouldn’t be used as ...
