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Control the sperm's gene
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Control the sperm's gene

Scientists at the Australian National University have discovered the mechanism of activating genes involved in differentiating cells. Thus, it is possible to cure infert…

December 14, 2018
Prospects to manufacture drugs
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Prospects to manufacture drugs

Both the human brain and the rat brain produce a gene called PKR when the onset of senile dementia (Alzheimer's disease).

December 14, 2018
Sleeping is also due to genes
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Sleeping is also due to genes

Experts from the University of Edinburgh of England and University of Ludwig Maximilians of Germany say that sleeping more or less is partly due to their genes.

December 14, 2018
Create mouse 'great athlete'
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Create mouse 'great athlete'

Swiss scientists have just created a mouse with muscles twice as powerful as normal mice by taking one of its genes.

December 14, 2018
Producing blood proteins from transgenic rice
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Producing blood proteins from transgenic rice

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, researchers describe rice grains that can produce large amounts of a blood protein call…

December 14, 2018
Decode the 115-year-old woman's genome
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Decode the 115-year-old woman's genome

The entire gene sequence of the old man who lived to 115 years of age has been decoded in the laboratory, allowing scientists to further study longevity.

December 14, 2018
Assistant of anticancer drugs
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Assistant of anticancer drugs

According to a study recently published in Cancer Research, researchers at Georgia Health Sciences University (GHSU - USA), active ingredient verticillin A is able to en…

December 14, 2018
Decoding the gene that causes the Black Death
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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
Why people do not have fingerprints?
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Why people do not have fingerprints?

When a Swiss woman entered the United States, she claimed that she and 9 of her family had no fingerprints. They began to undergo genetic analysis to determine the cause…

December 14, 2018
The boy ate no longer
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The boy ate no longer

Ben Green, 10, has always been supervised by his parents for hours to prevent him from eating anything in his hand ... including cat food and toothpaste.

December 14, 2018