How to stop malaria-spreading mosquitoes? If approved, gene editing could do it

How to stop malaria-spreading mosquitoes? If approved, gene editing could do it

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Each year, 263 million people get malaria. But from the parasite's perspective, infecting humans is harder than you might think, ...
Xenotransplanation: Why the first pig-to-human kidney transplant was a momentous event

Xenotransplanation: Why the first pig-to-human kidney transplant was a momentous event

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Surgeons in New York City successfully attached a pig kidney to a human patient and watched the pinkish organ function ...
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Ethical pros and cons of infecting healthy volunteers in quest for COVID-19 vaccine

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Instead of vaccinating hundreds to thousands of people and waiting to see if they naturally catch the virus, scientists would ...
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Aggression, trainability and other dog traits linked to genetics in study

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Among 101 dog breeds, scientists found that certain behavioral traits such as trainability or aggression were more likely to be shared ...
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What jellyfish can show us about complex evolution through simple genomes

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You might expect that as bodies became more complex, genomes did as well. But a recent study appearing in Nature Ecology & Evolution ...
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Are our microbes part of us? ‘Radical upgrade’ of evolutionary theory

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Look closely enough at any plant or animal and you will discover a riot of bacteria, fungi and viruses forming ...