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The risk of serious allergies from cosmetics
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The risk of serious allergies from cosmetics

Dermatologists warn, a chemical used in hundreds of popular beauty products around the world is currently the culprit for a massive increase in dangerous allergic reacti…

December 14, 2018
New hope for patients with heart attack
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New hope for patients with heart attack

Canadian researchers have begun an experiment to use genetically modified stem cells to aid in the treatment of heart muscle damage in patients with heart attacks.

December 14, 2018
Breakthrough in finding dengue vaccine
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Breakthrough in finding dengue vaccine

Singaporean scientists have discovered a new way to prevent the possibility of dengue virus from evading the immune system on the human body.

December 14, 2018
Gene decides what smell you like
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Gene decides what smell you like

Scientists have discovered the gene platform allows explaining why humans smell in a particular way after assessing the DNA of hundreds of individuals, according to a Na…

December 14, 2018
Strange disease turns a young woman into a
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Strange disease turns a young woman into a

A rare genetic disease is slowly crippling the whole body of a beautiful British girl and will eventually turn her into a living statue.

December 14, 2018
Announcing the largest cancer gene database
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Announcing the largest cancer gene database

The National Cancer Research Institute (NCI) of the United States has just released the largest ever database of cancer-related gene changes.

December 14, 2018
Strangely, the baby does not have mother's DNA
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Strangely, the baby does not have mother's DNA

The Iliad depicts the monster Chimera with a snake's tail, a goat, a lion's head; Chimera also became the name for a genetic phenomenon called genetic chimerism or tetra…

December 14, 2018
Stress causes genetic changes
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Stress causes genetic changes

Stress can cause long-term harm to men's sperm and may even slow down the child's mental development, according to research by American scientists.

December 14, 2018
Puberty early can be caused by genetic mutations
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Puberty early can be caused by genetic mutations

When a child enters puberty sooner than expected, doctors often cannot explain why. However, researchers have discovered a gene mutation that causes some early puberty c…

December 14, 2018