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Successful breeding babies have 3 parents
Medicine - Health

Successful breeding babies have 3 parents

The new invention creates babies who inherit genes from a father and two mothers, reducing the rate of children with mitochondrial disease, a mother-to-child genetic dis…

December 15, 2018
Why is myocardium the strongest muscle in the body?
Medicine - Health

Why is myocardium the strongest muscle in the body?

Compared to other parts of the body, the heart is the most active part. Every minute the heart contracts at a rate of 60 to 100 times, and it works the same way througho…

December 15, 2018
Can accurately predict human life expectancy
Medicine - Health

Can accurately predict human life expectancy

Scientists at the China National Institute of Biology have found a way to accurately predict the lifespan of worms - research is considered a breakthrough leading to the…

December 14, 2018