Health
The science of how dangerous it is to marry a cousin
Are babies born to two cousins really at high risk of birth defects? The following basic genetic principles will help us answer this question.
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Health
The unexpected cause makes many people susceptible to gout
New work from John Hopkins University (USA) shows that genetic factors of gout (gout) may be much stronger than previously thought.
Health
Scary 'dark matter' right in the body, associated with many types of cancer
Canadian scientists have identified a frightening element in the body related to liver, brain and blood cancers that they call the dark matter of human cancer DNA.
Science Events
Candidates for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Genetic studies are expected to win this year. Immunology, cancer, and infectious diseases have fewer opportunities.
Biology
Discover a rare and precious conifer population in Lao Cai
In the morning of September 20, Mr. Ngo Kien Trung, Head of Bat Xat Nature Reserve Management Board (Lao Cai), said that the unit had just discovered a rare and precious…
Animal world
Spotted zebras appear on African pastures
With a brown spotted white coat due to a genetic mutation, young zebras can be at risk in the wild.
Biology
Detect 3 mysterious viruses that have not been detected in Pacific salmon species
Genetic analysis of the endangered Pacific salmon population has identified three previously unknown viruses. One of them belongs to an unknown virus group that causes d…
Health
Another disease can be prevented by ... drinking coffee
Large-scale Danish research shows that coffee addicts can reduce the risk of gallstones by this hobby.
Discover science
Protein discovery plays a role in sensing cold weather
Scientists have conducted research on thousands of random genetic variations, to determine which gene affects the response of the worms to cold air.
Oceanography
American fishermen caught super rare cotton candy lobsters
John McInnes, who catches lobsters in Maine, is quite predestined in catching strange color crustaceans.
Health
Found the key to opening the immortal door?
Scientists at the University of California at Davis (USA) have discovered the genetic mechanism of tissue regeneration in hydrothermal species living in freshwater, this…
Health
Scientists have finally found the cause of autism
The study identified what is the biggest cause of autism, while eliminating somewhat irrational hypotheses in some previous studies.
Health
5 Russian couples have agreed to use genetic modification so their children are not deaf?
Scientist Denis Rebrikov intends to correct the embryonic gene to prevent children from inheriting their parents' deafness. Denis Rebrikov said that five Russian couples…
Science Events
International publication of the Vietnamese genome sequence
The study shows that genetic independence reflects the very high resistance of Vietnamese people and is far from the Han Chinese genome.
Archeology
Ancient DNA revealed the origin of the Philistines
This mysterious nation may have fled from the collapsing societies of southern Europe to Israel