1001 mystery
Tibetans can bring 'super powers' from another human species
Shocking research from the US shows that our Homo sapiens ancestors in Tibet had two periods of interbreeding with extinct humans called Denisovans, resulting in the pre…
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Scientific application
Gene editing to select sex for animals to reduce killing
Scientists have used gene-editing technology to create litters of all-female or male mice and are targeting chickens to prevent indiscriminate killing.
1001 mystery
Explore the 'color blind island': Home to 250 residents and 10% of them are completely color blind
Pingelap is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, which is also known as the 'color blind island'.
Life
Discovering a gene that doubles the risk of lung failure and death from Covid-19
Scientists from the University of Oxford, UK have discovered a gene called LZTF1, which doubles the risk of lung failure and death from Covid-19.
Animal world
Discovered a gene error that creates vampires - creatures that only drink blood to live
Blood usually doesn't provide enough nutrients for a real organism to exist like a Dracula vampire, except for one species, thanks to 13 genes.
Science Events
Discovery of temperature and touch wins the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology
On the afternoon of October 4, the Nobel Committee announced the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology, which belonged to two American scientists, David Julius and Ardem Patapo…
Scientific works
The world's largest upland human gene bank
China has launched a bank to store more than 120,000 human genetic samples on the Tibetan plateau to support research on altitude sickness.
Cancer
Researchers have found a chance to block breast cancer
Australian scientists have discovered that the oncogene AAMDC plays a role in fattening cancer cells. This study opens up treatment opportunities for women with malignan…
AI - Artificial intelligence
Using artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against cancer caused by asbestos
The gene research experiment applied artificial intelligence (AI) to study a powerful form of cancer, the results of which could improve the patient's condition.
Discover science
Decoding Vietnamese genes: Who are we?
How are the ancestors of the Thai, Tay, Nung ... related to the ancestors of the Kinh or other ethnic groups? Where the Vietnamese people come from is not easy to answer.
Biology
The strange evolution of carnivorous plants
About 70 million years ago, dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a genetic anomaly that allowed some plants to turn into carnivores.
Animal world
Stunned with the 'werewolf' cat breed cost 50 million each
To date, the whole world has only a few dozen children. They are notable for being both cat-like and character-like
Archeology
Hard to believe in a land where one-third of women carry other human genes
An unexpected gift from the extinct ancestors - the Neanderthals, who brought unexpected luck to the women who owned it.
Health
Found the longest, oldest known HIV genome
The almost complete sequence of a newly discovered HIV gene was one of 1,600 tissue samples collected in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in the 1960s.
Conquer Mars
Why do humans need to breed with 'immortal creatures' if they want to live on Mars?
According to experts, the cells were crossed with the DNA of the organism