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Baby's design
Medicine - Health

Baby's design

Scientists want to create babies with 3 parents' DNA to help them not inherit potentially fatal diseases.

December 14, 2018
Decoding the gene that causes the Black Death
Medicine - Health

Decoding the gene that causes the Black Death

A group of scientists from Britain, Germany and the US has just announced that they have deciphered the genome of the bacterium causing the Black Death, the worst plague…

December 14, 2018
Identify 2 new bases in DNA structure
Medicine - Health

Identify 2 new bases in DNA structure

For decades, scientists have known that DNA is structured by four basic base units - adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine.

December 14, 2018
The mutant child shocked in England
Medicine - Health

The mutant child shocked in England

Alfie Clamp, a 2-year-old boy who suffered a very severe form of disability that shocked even the top medical scientists in England.

December 14, 2018
Causes of DNA fracture in cancer cells
Medicine - Health

Causes of DNA fracture in cancer cells

For the first time, researchers at Hebrew University in Jerusalem have shown that in the early stages of cancer development, cells do not have enough

December 14, 2018
DNA analysis: Outlined the culprit's face
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DNA analysis: Outlined the culprit's face

From the identification of terrorist Osama bin Laden to prove the criminals raped, vindicated for those sentenced to false ... DNA analysis has become an indispensable s…

December 14, 2018
Tobacco can alter fetal DNA
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Tobacco can alter fetal DNA

Women who smoke during pregnancy may increase their risk of altering their DNA, making them more susceptible to disease than other children.

December 14, 2018
Mystery from twins
Medicine - Health

Mystery from twins

Born with eggs, there are identical DNA sets, but not all identical twins and eggs. Why is there such a phenomenon?

December 14, 2018