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Pigs can 'donate' to people
By gene regulation, Harvard University (USA) said in the future it is possible to use pig organs to transplant for humans.
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Scientists are about to find a way to cure obesity
Scientists at two famous US universities, Harvard and MIT, said they could use genetic engineering to isolate faulty DNA in the human genome to treat obesity.
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Successfully created artificial brain like 99% real brain
Scientists from Ohio State University have succeeded in developing a near-complete human brain in the laboratory from stem cell tissue.
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Can completely cure deafness in 5 - 10 years
In the near future, using gene therapy, human deafness will be completely cured.
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Genetically modified after a sleepless night
People often think that sometimes losing sleep a night does not cause any harm to the body. However, Swedish scientists have found that lack of sleep even one night can…
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People only need 4 hours of sleep a day due to genetic mutations
US scientists are studying gene mutation in subjects who only need to sleep 4 hours a night and are still completely healthy, in order to find a sleep control interventi…
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Human genes and immune systems change with the seasons
The seasons of the year seem to have a profound effect on how human genes and immune systems work. And this may explain why some diseases get worse in the winter and we…
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3 factors that help people
Looking for the factors that help human height increase significantly compared to the old.
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The baby was the first 'gene design' in Europe
Boys in the UK are the first cases in Europe to be born without the risk of 200 diseases by eliminating genetic disorders.
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For the first time in embryonic genetic modification history
For the first time in Chinese history, Chinese scientists have done genetic modification of human embryos, raising controversy.
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Can people live up to 200 years old?
When Gertrude Weaver, 116, died of pneumonia last week in the state of Arkansas, USA, she held the title of the world's longest living person for only five days. When sh…
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Discovered a mutant gene that causes glaucoma
Singapore and international scientists have discovered a mutant gene that contributes to rare glaucoma.
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One-fifth of the world's population has smart, long-lived genes
Researchers found that one in five of us carries a variant of
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A way to control genetically modified organisms has been found
Scientists have used an extreme gene manipulation technique to create bacteria that will die if they escape human control.
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Virus makes people smarter?
Virus genes mixed into human DNA may have helped our brain cells evolve, according to a new study.