Medicine - Health
Small mutations form modern humans
A small genetic mutation 30,000 years ago spread rapidly in central China, and can help residents of this country resist the terrible heat and humidity.
Gene Mutation
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Medicine - Health
Does the genotype decide who will become a murderer?
According to experts, geneticists can find mutations in genes associated with mental illness that increase the risk of violence.
Medicine - Health
Why is the old father?
The children of older fathers are exactly like the saying in folk According to the study when the father increased by one year, two new mutations appeared in the child's…
Medicine - Health
Can be blinded by chemicals
Eyesight of blind mice restored after scientists injected a chemical into their eyes, opening up the prospect of treating blindness for humans.
Medicine - Health
Why people do not have fingerprints?
When a Swiss woman entered the United States, she claimed that she and 9 of her family had no fingerprints. They began to undergo genetic analysis to determine the cause…
Medicine - Health
Strange disease: Death when playing outdoors hot
Girl Hannah Harpin, 8 years old, can't play outside during summer days like other children because the hot weather can endanger her life.
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…
Medicine - Health
The gene mutation turns people into 'wolves'.
Scientists have discovered a genetic mutation causing confusion that causes some people to become
Medicine - Health
Tresk gene mutations make people more susceptible to pain
According to new research, if the Tresk gene is mutated, patients will easily see pain, even sensitive to light and sound.
Medicine - Health
The gene mutation LRRK2 - the cause of Parkinson's
The cause of Parkinson's disease is related to a mutation of a gene that controls dopamine transmission, which is the LRRK2 gene.
Medicine - Health
The gene for swine flu virus is not mutant
The recent full study of the H1N1 flu virus has proven that the virus has been circulating for many years, mainly in pigs, but humans are unaware.
Cancer
How does ultraviolet light cause skin cancer?
When cells make skin pigmentation reach and exceed the threshold of mutation due to sunlight, they can develop into tumors.
Cancer
A common cancer risk you have never heard of
When a doctor asks you about your family history, is there someone around you who has cancer? They are worried about Lynch syndrome happening in you. Even so, like most…
Cancer
Skin cancer is caused by genetic mutations?
Scientists have discovered two gene mutations that appear simultaneously in 71% of malignant melanoma tumors of skin cancer, according to AFP. That's the discovery of Am…