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People have no fingerprints
Medicine - Health

People have no fingerprints

By analyzing the genetic code of 16 members in a 9-born Swiss family without fingerprints, researchers from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel found mutations in…

December 14, 2018
The boy has 34 fingers and legs in India
Medicine - Health

The boy has 34 fingers and legs in India

A boy in India broke the world record after being born with a total of 34 fingers and toes. The previous record belongs to the Chinese baby with 15 fingers and 16 toes.

December 14, 2018
Arbaclofen drugs and thin X chromosome syndrome
Medicine - Health

Arbaclofen drugs and thin X chromosome syndrome

The fragile X chromosomal syndrome is the leading cause of genetic disease in people with intellectual disabilities and a mutation of a single gene and autism.

December 14, 2018
Detecting sex reduces genetic changes
Medicine - Health

Detecting sex reduces genetic changes

Biological textbooks have always said that the main function of sex is to promote genetic diversity. However, Henry Heng does not agree with this view.

December 14, 2018
Each person has about 60 gene mutations
Medicine - Health

Each person has about 60 gene mutations

When parents give birth, there are about 60 genetic mutations on average in the process of encoding new genes. This number is less than the previous estimate of scientis…

December 14, 2018